Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 07:10:46 11/15/05
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On November 15, 2005 at 09:35:47, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On November 15, 2005 at 05:06:51, Ómar Skúlason wrote: > >>On November 15, 2005 at 01:55:47, Robert Hollay wrote: >> >>> It's nice to trying to make Fruit Open Source stronger, but one thing I miss >>>in Fruit is Personality settings. >>> There's a small number of engines with Personality settings (and they are >>>all Winboard engines) which can be installed under Arena. >>> My question is: is it a hard work to build in Personalities which could >>>be passed as an UCI parameter? It would be nice to have the strongest free >>>engine with adjustable strength from an Absolute novice to the Strongest GM, >>>and different playing styles ... and all this with one click in a combo box, >>>without bothering with tens of parameters! >>> I don't think there are more than a few people who has real chances against >>>Fruit when it plays with it's full strength. >>> I think that many users would appreciate this. >>> >>>Regards, Robert >> >>Hi all. >> >>First of all, I want to thank the authors for this engine; GambitFruit. >>I think they are 3, Fabien, Thomas and Ryan. >>Toga II and now GambitFruit are giving the name _clone_ a new meaning. >>They are not so terrible anymore. >>The idea of downgrading a strong engine is stupid if you did ask me. >>There are plenty of weeker engines around. >>And I want to ask Ryan about this new engine. >>Why this name? Do you aim for a gambit style? >>So, thanks again for this engine. It gave me much fun over the weekend. >> >>Ómar. > >Hi Omar, >I second your comments. >Thanks to Fabien, Thomas and Ryan. >The idea of downgrading a strong engine is stupid. IMHO too. >Too things are endless, the universe and the human folly. >regards >Bernhard Yes, _downgrading_ a strong engine is stupid. But what do you mean by "downgrading"? Adding a possibility to adjust it's playing strength and playing with different personalities? Then what about commercial chess programs which also have personality settings, or what about ProDeo for example? IMHO much more stupid is having a super-strong chess engine and just looking at engine-engine matches and watching how effectively it crushes the weaker ones. If that's only what you want, then you don't need another clone of Fruit, just wait until Toga becomes stronger.
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