Author: Uri Blass
Date: 18:56:16 02/13/06
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On February 13, 2006 at 21:49:11, Ryan B. wrote: >On February 13, 2006 at 17:51:12, Albert Silver wrote: > >> >>>>>>You will find many technical posts of mine on this forum and in the archives. If >>>>>>you want more technical discussions here, start contributing. >>>>>> >>>>>>Vas >>>>> >>>>>Most of your "many technical posts" were before Rybka's huge 800+ ELO jump (in >>>>>roughly 1.5 years), i.e. post-CCT6 (Feb. 2004) where Rybka ranked 49th place. >>>>> >>>>>http://www.vrichey.de/cct6/index_table.htm >>>>> >>>>>But I'm surprised you jumped on this thread as the head-turning approach seems >>>>>to be your modus operandi concerning recent "technical" threads concerning Rybka >>>>>and its very unique behavior. >>>> >>>>Don't take this wrong, but I can't recall when I saw technical threads >>>>discussing the unique behaviour of Hiarcs. At best, I've seen comments as to its >>>>very selective search, or intelligent hueristics. In other words, nothing more >>>>than what the web site says. >>>> >>>> Albert >>> >>>If someone posted an analysis clip where Hiarcs was reducing its total node >>>count at a certain ply, I would respond to their question. >>> >>>If someone asked specifics about our king safety our pruning, I would be unable >>>to directly respond to their question. >>> >>>It's odd that I'm getting more replies from Rybka Fan Club members than Vasik >>>himself. Please don't feel the need for "attack mode" or "defense", I only >>>asked a simple question for the _author_ to answer. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>-elc. >> >>It really wasn't meant as attack or defense, and I didn't realize you were >>specifically referring to the node count issue. I read it as another >>semi-complaint in the vein of Ryan on how Vasik does things. I found it odd that >>Vasik would be expected to share the secrets of his success, when other >>commercial programmers do not. At least I never saw SMK, Uniacke, or Morsh do so >>here or elsewhere, hence my comment. >> >>My general philosophy on such matters (and not specifically about CC of course), >>is that if one wants or expects someone to do something, then one must be >>willing to do the same, and first. In other words, you can't claim that if >>someone did that, you'd follow suit. You have to do the first step. >> >>Clearly you were talking about something else though, so it is of no >>consequence. This is just to clarify my previous post. >> >> Albert > > >You clearly have little to no understanding of my posts here. I do not complain >about what Vas does or does not chose to share here and I only have stated the >obvious regarding this and have even clarified that Vas has not does wrong in >this area. Maybe you, Vas, and most other people here feel I contributed >nothing to the computer chess community here with my ideas regarding center pawn >structure, passed pawns, or what I shared with gambit fruit. Fine, I will just >stop posting here if I have not been a positive contributer. My computer chess >hobby will continue though. > >Ryan Albert Silver replied enrico carrisco so I think that he did not talk about you but about enrico carrisco when he wrote:"You have to do the first step" Uri
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