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Subject: Personality of chess programs and of its maker(s)

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 04:22:48 11/08/99

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On November 08, 1999 at 03:10:29, Tina Long wrote:


>Hi guys,
>gees, I'm sticking my nose in everywhere tonight.

Watch it Tina, with those kinda remarks, considering discussions of the past
weekend. We may think you have weird s#45$ual behaviour :)))


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But your observations are right (about the top chess programs :). I think most
(commercial) top engines are together in a very close range, and one test result
can tip the balance in favour or disfavour of one or another.

It doesn't matter how the program works (slow NPS, lotsa chess knowledge or vv)
they are all in the same league.

Rather they are like the top players playing each other. Overall they have the
"same" strenght, but against each other that might be different.
Say Fritz playing Hiarcs may see Fritz losing all the time, but in a tournament
they are in very close range of each other.

Maybe they're more human than we think, or the developers input is giving more
personality than you should expect. What do programmers here think about the
personality of their chess program and the connection to their own personality?

Jeroen ;-}

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