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Subject: Re: Rebel GM challenge shows: it's not aggressive enough to win a game

Author: Shep

Date: 03:47:11 09/06/99

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On September 06, 1999 at 03:10:17, Mark Young wrote:

>On September 06, 1999 at 01:14:49, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>After 5(?) games no wins so far. Bad, bad. Probably an aggressive program like
>>Fritz, Chessmaster, Mchess have already won couple of games...
>>
>>Jouni
>
>This has always been a strength and weakness of Rebel. It is very hard to beat,
>but Rebel can be very passive even against weak players. Mchess play is too
>unsound I think to have won against the GMs, but Fritz and Chessmaster I think
>would have scored a win by now, but that does not mean their over all results
>would have been better then Rebel.

Chessmaster 5555 or 6666 maybe, but the default 6000 is a drawmaster itself. :)
I don't think Rebel is overly passive. Junior plays rather unagressive as well
and still has had impressive games against titled players.
And don't forget Ed has so many settings now to experiment with that it's a
miracle he's not 0:5 so far.

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Shep



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