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Subject: Re: Is knowing the opponent allowed in the ssdf games?

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 03:52:12 03/20/99

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>Posted by Tony Hedlund on March 20, 1999 at 05:08:53:
>
>In Reply to: Re: Is knowing the opponent allowed in the ssdf games? posted
>by Harald Faber on March 19, 1999 at 05:42:00:
>
>On March 19, 1999 at 05:42:00, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On March 19, 1999 at 05:28:40, Tony Hedlund 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
>>
>>Fine, so the next generation/version of programs will have
>>Anti-Fritz
>>Anti-Hiarcs
>>Anti-King
>>Anti-Rebel
>>Anti-Junior
>>Anti-Nimzo
>>Anti-Shredder
>>Anti-Genius
>>Anti-MChessPro
>>settings with according opening books I suppose.
>>
>>This can't be the future, neither of chess nor computerchess.
>>If SSDF will allow such a handling you can close your list. This is
>absolutely
>>nonsense.
>
>It's up to the programmers isn't it?
>
>Tony

The next step is to allow opponent tuned opening books made from
won games only and load them by hand.

Glad I am out.

Ed



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