Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 09:37:40 04/13/05
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On April 13, 2005 at 04:57:48, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On April 13, 2005 at 02:44:02, Steve Glanzfeld wrote: > >>On April 12, 2005 at 23:53:56, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>>You said it was a great game, i simply don't see it as such. The result might be >>>pretty good, but the game is not great if you ask me. >>> >>>When playing only for a draw against any computer, it is not as difficult as >>>some might think, this game supports that. >> >>Actually it's much more difficult than it may seem when you look at games like >>that. Try it... :) Often, comps will manage to avoid the closed pawn chain. >> >>I know that player, "Father" (P.Restrepo) from Playchess' engine room. He does >>the trick very skillfully, with many draws, or even wins on time (when the move >>bonus was zero). He said, Ruffian is a specifically tough opponent for that, >>probably being one of the most aggressive engines. Nevertheless, he loses the >>majority of his anticomputer games and the percentage currently is only ~26%. >>But that contains 50 wins in the last 219 games against the engine room >>opposition! >> >>IMO he's of course not trying to produce chess masterpieces, but to demonstrate >>anticomputer skills and explore that type of weaknesses of the programs, and I >>think his successes at this are respectable. >> >>Steve > > >My point is that it _is_ a trick as you mention, much like a card trick (there >is a little more too it i know) and as it is with such tricks they get boring >quick and i just commented that i didn't think that it was a great game. I don't think it's a trick...I think it takes a lot of skill to produce 50 wins in 219 games against the engine room opposition.
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