Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:48:14 01/11/06
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On January 11, 2006 at 09:04:03, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 11, 2006 at 08:56:01, Uri Blass wrote: > >>I wonder if vasik learned to improve his positional understanding from working >>about rybka. >> >>I think that it is possible that he improved his evaluation because he could >>find by testing that increasing some evaluation weights work when he did not >>expect them to work. >> >>Uri > >Possibly, but I really doubt it. Vasik was an International Master far before >Rybka was a strong program. Remember that when first discussing the best style >of Rybka (very positional) he felt it was the most correct one to follow, which >suggests this follows closely his own view of chess in general. That being the >case, I am pretty sure he knows a lot more about positional play than Rybka, >even if Rybka can outperform him. > > Albert Even an 2700 player can learn from positinal evaluation of Fritz that is weaker than rybka. see http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?477972 If 2700 players can learn from fritz's evaluation then I am sure that an IM can learn from rybka's evaluation that is better than fritz's evaluation. Uri
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