Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:53:11 02/23/99
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On February 23, 1999 at 10:21:53, Dan Kiski wrote: >I read a number of posts on the subject of Rebel allegedly cooking some set >tests a while back and wondered if Fritz had done something similar. > >When I play engine 5.15 v 5.32 tests using the Nunn openings I find 5.32 will >win by Impressive margins 15 - 5, 15.5 - 4.5, 14.5 - 5.5. But when I play engine >v engine normal matches they seem relatively even. > >I have played lots of these at most time settings and 5.32 will always crush >5.16 at the Nunn tests. I don't think this is evidence of "cooking" -- more likely learning. Quite likely, they have already analyzed this position set in their database and therefore know the best responses for each position. Rather than indicating something underhanded, it probably just means that they have run extensive testing in this area. Crafty would do the same thing. If I ran crafty at very long time controls, it would update the learning data file about what to do in these situations. Is crafty cheating? Certainly not. Not 'cooking' anything either. I don't see any evil conspiracy here. That does not mean there is nothing afoot. But I doubt it.
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