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Subject: Re: ICC BLITZ Top ratings are extremely inflated

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 20:38:44 05/06/99

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On May 06, 1999 at 20:38:32, Peter Kappler wrote:

>>>3) Anti-computer specialists.  This is really just a special case of #2.  These
>>>people play a very slow, quiet game that is difficult for computers, or they
>>>search for holes in the opening books of automated computer accounts and exploit
>>>them.  My program, Grok, has recently suffered from this...
>>
>>Thank these people.  They are doing you a favour.  Every time they bust your
>>opening book and you have to fix it, that's one less hole for someone to hit you
>>with in a real tournament.
>>
>
>Well, I only partially agree.  It is quite helpful the first time.  When they
>repeat the same line 4 or 5 times, it's annoying.  I try to patch the holes as I
>find them, but sometimes it's too late.  Book learning is what I need, but I
>have more pressing issues (bugs) to deal with at the moment.  :-)
>
>
>--Peter

Yeah, or add a bit more randomness to your book, so they can't peg the same line
over and over.

Dave



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