Author: stuart taylor
Date: 22:25:15 12/31/05
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On December 31, 2005 at 22:30:27, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On December 31, 2005 at 19:42:44, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On December 31, 2005 at 18:43:38, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On December 31, 2005 at 16:07:00, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>Blitz is SO unimportant, to the value of a chess machine, in my opinion. >>>> >>>>If you think you are better at blitz than your computer, or that it has no >>>>useful experience to offer you, when you play it, (compared with what others >>>>give), OK! If you like to analyze a position, but after set-up, you can't >>>>possibly wait more than five more seconds to see what analysis the computer >>>>shows, OK! (I'd hate to think what your opinion is about todays computers, as a >>>>whole!) >>>>But any other reason, I can't see what there is to feel "disturbed" about, if at >>>>slightly longer timings, it is better than any other program around. >>>> >>>>If it was the strongest program only at 20 hours a move, I'd also understand it >>>>might be a bit disturbing. It would not let you think about anything else during >>>>the day! >>>> >>>>But at normal human thought periods, if it gives the best analysis or plays the >>>>best moves for a machine, I don't think anything should be done to compromise >>>>this. If blitz takes away from the above, in any way (and I WOULD be disturbed), >>>>then I'm not concerned about the blitz at all. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>You are entitled to your opinion so please allow me mine. I wouldn't care if >>>the engine exploded when reaching 3 minutes on one move. >>>Jim >> >>If you feel THAT strongly, then I would be disturbed too (if a new good engine >>didn't live up to it's standards in blitz, too)! >>(but I was only afraid that programmers should not be bogged down, because of >>blitz, so as not to hurt MY self interests, if it would. e.g. if one year it >>didn't get very strong, but in blitz it was a great success, then the programmer >>might think...anyway, "it's worthy of release because of its blitz". >>But for you, that's just fine!) >>S.Taylor > > >I think all engines should be released with two versions; one tuned for blitz >and one for tournament. After all there is a WCCC Blitz Tourney now as well, and >using the Blitz version would be good advertising. Make that three >versions--also one for analysis, which would perform a lot more extensions, >which might make it weaker in play, would really? or just slower? >but it would find the solution to most test >positions, and help analyze positions from Grandmaster games. > >kp But if he can only put full efforts into one of them, which should it be? Or should his efforts be split?
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