Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:40:12 06/15/99
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On June 15, 1999 at 19:32:03, KarinsDad wrote: >On June 15, 1999 at 18:51:21, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On June 15, 1999 at 18:29:26, m.d.hurd wrote: >> >>>On June 15, 1999 at 18:20:24, Tom King wrote: >>> >>>>On June 15, 1999 at 18:17:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 15, 1999 at 18:14:21, m.d.hurd wrote: >>>>>[snip] >>>>>>Why do you assume junior will beat hiarcs ? >>>>>I see it as a toss up, but Junior is the #1 ranked program currently. >>>>>The thing that amazes me is that P.ConNerS and Zugzwang are dead in the middle >>>>>of the pack with a hundred times the horsepower of the other entries. >>>>>!! >>>> >>>>but anything can happen in three rounds..let's see who is near the top after 7 >>>>rounds. Shame it can't be like the WMCCC, with 11 rounds. >>>> >>>>Rgds, >>>>Tom >>> >>>I agree, the more rounds the more likely the best program will triamph. As a >>>side issue does any one know which opening books the programs are using, >>>commercial or special ones to prevent the oponents from prepairing against them >>>? >> >>Are they allowed to change their opening book from round to round? Posibly >>having one more or less taylored for the playing style of each opponent? >> >>Pete Galati > >The rules do not explicitly prohibit changing opening books and I know that >people make code changes between rounds. So, it would appear to be legal. > >However, if ICCA ever decided to make it illegal, you could get around it by >having a superset of openings with subsets inside of it for each opponent. When >you enter the name of your opponent, the program could pick the appropriate >opening "book". So, nobody would know the difference since it would be part of >the program. > >I am surprised that the ICCA does not insist that the program (parameters, >computing system, opening book, etc.) remain the same throughout the tournament. >It is a strange thing that bug fixes and other code changes can be made in >mid-tournament. It's not strange when you're used to it. Bugs always show up in World Championships, every computer chess programmer knows this. Soon you will experience this for yourself too. :-) >The reason I think that this is strange is that one of the tie breaks is based >off which programs were played. Since the games are played at different times in >the tournament (with potentially weaker or stronger programs of the same name), >a tie break could be won when program A beat buggy program C early in the rounds >whereas program B drew to not so buggy program C later in the rounds, but >program C counted the same towards both programs A and B (and B lost tie break >points over it). Yeah, but shit happens. >KarinsDad :) Dave
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