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Subject: Re: Will the Rebel Vs IM Russek match be counted in calculating Rebel's elo?

Author: Vicente Fernández

Date: 08:09:23 12/25/99

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On December 25, 1999 at 06:48:15, Ed Schröder wrote:

>>Posted by John Warfield on December 24, 1999 at 22:46:20:
>
>>>Once more, I agree with you. Personally, I would count this games to make an elo
>>>calculation, but since Rebel company is not oficially involved in this match, it
>>>would be irresponsible to even suggest the games should be taken into account.
>>>Rebel didn't endorsed this match and there's nothing we can do. In insist:
>>>personally, I would take this games very seriously, since nothing but love for
>>>chess and computer chess is involved.
>>
>>
>>Actually I was hoping to get a response from schroeder on this very important
>>question, looks like i am going to be disappointed. Perhaps this would be a good
>>poll question. Personally I think leaving the games out would be ignoring
>>critical evidence in evaluating the playing strength of rebel Since rebel is
>>playing against a Fide rated opponent under standard tournament time controls,
>>and the match is a public event.
>
>I think it's not up to me to count or not. I have my own little abacus which
>goes a bit further than a won/draw/loss result only. Personally I see no
>reason why these games should not be count for a TPR. I am really looking
>forward to this match and hope to watch a few games live on ICC.
>
>Vincente if you are reading this: the best settings are:
>- default settings + "anti-GM=SMART"
>- run Rebel with the "a" and "b" parameter. Example REBEL.EXE A B W8
>
>W8 : hash table size = 60 Mb
>A  : Rebel will focus on the opponent clock
>B  : Aggressive book-learning (definitely needed in a match)
>
>In case you need help with the book you can contact me by email
>(info@rebel.nl) or Jeroen (jnoomen@uni-one.nl).
>
>I hope to see great games!
>
>Ed

Thanks for your advice, Ed. Of couse I will follow your suggestions regarding
the start parameters.
Merry Christmas to you all.



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