Author: KarinsDad
Date: 17:45:53 03/19/99
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On March 19, 1999 at 16:58:02, blass uri wrote: >On March 19, 1999 at 16:47:55, KarinsDad wrote: > [snip] >> >>A few more details please. Is this unfair since one or a few programs have the >>functionality or is it unfair that some of the programs are using the >>functionality but some of the others (although they have the functionality) do >>not have it turned on. > >It is unfair because because of both of the things. How so? Issue #1: Program A has a feature that Program B does not (such as contempt or maybe learning, or maybe a new search function that cuts out 30% more nodes). So what? This never matters. Issue #2: Program A has a feature that Program B also has, but it is turned on in the tournaments for Program A and not for Program B. This has validity if you are talking about features which are not defaults and which can also be turned off and on by the operators. If Program A has the feature by default and Program B does not, too bad. >Junior and some other programs(for example Genius3) have a contempt parameter >and they can change it to be bigger against weaker opponentsand smaller against >stronger opponents. > >They can use knowing the elo of the opponent but not more than it. > >I believe that nimzo can use more than it(otherwise I do not see the point of >anti-Fritz,anti-Rebel,anti-Junior options) >If other programmers knew that it is legal to do it in the ssdf games then maybe >part of them would do something similiar to nimzo's programmers. This would seem to have been a major disadvantage to Nimzo in the tournaments before the SSDF allowed programs to know who their opponents were (if there ever was such a period of time). Although it is an advantage now, again, so what? The programmers of Junior, Fritz, Rebel and others could have put such a feature in if they deemed it necessary. It is only unfair if you explicitly turn on a feature for one program that you do not turn on for another. If it turns on by default, who cares? It's like any other feature then (such as Alpha Beta). KarinsDad > >Uri
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