Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 02:03:51 03/20/99
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On March 19, 1999 at 06:21:32, blass uri wrote: > >On March 19, 1999 at 05:28:40, Tony Hedlund wrote: > >>On March 19, 1999 at 04:37:26, blass uri wrote: >> >>>On March 17, 1999 at 03:19:00, Hans Christian Lykke wrote: >>> >>>>On March 17, 1999 at 01:01:50, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>Do You play with latest Nimzo99 engine? I guess so... >>>> >>>>Yes, and I use the parameter where you can choose opponent. >>>>(Junior, Fritz, Rebel or Other) >>> >>>Junior lost ELO against Comet32 because of a short draw after the opening >>>I found that it could avoid the draw by using bigger value of contempt but Amir >>>Ban replied that knowing the opponent is not allowed so Junior5 cannot use >>>bigger value of contempt against weak opponents >>> >>>Uri >> >>This is a rather new issue. But if a program have this feature I see no wrong in >>using it. >> >>Tony > >This is not fair because other programmers did not know that using this feature >is allowed. We don't deside what features the programmers put in there programs. What you are taking about is making manually changes in contempt and other factors depending on the opposition. That we don't do. >If Amir Ban knew that it is allowed then Junior would avoid the short draw >against Comet32 from your games by using a bigger value of contempt. If Amir had the Nimzo99 feature in Junior that might be the case. >Uri Tony
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