Author: John Warfield
Date: 17:38:59 12/27/99
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On December 27, 1999 at 14:57:09, Ed Schröder wrote: >How to judge? > >>Posted by walter irvin on December 27, 1999 at 12:26:07: > >>rebel century is extremely strong ,i dont play it as much as some of the other >>ones i have for 2 reasons .1.rebel never lets me get anything going unlike >>hiarcs,fritz,crafty ect . vs them i feel like i have a chance till the end .2. >>rebels style is devoid of brilliat moves or moves that ever leave the position >>unclear .instead its like the program has a roll of duct tape and he slowly >>but surely wraps you up till you have no options left .for me rebel is the >hardest to beat ,in fact so far its the only one i have not beat . > >At least once a week I receive email in similar wordings. That's of course >very nice stuff to read but what puzzles me is Rebel's progress through the >years in this respect. > >I mean this: I am a 1800 player, very bad in tactics but with a positional >understanding of 2000, maybe a bit more. How to judge progress in Rebel's >positional understanding every time I add new chess knowledge? > >Has Rebel improved in playing humans since version 8,9,10 and now Rebel >Century? To answer this question precise you have to realize that hardware >has improved too during the years and people tend not to play old versions >which makes it even more difficult to judge its progress. > >Since times I use the following guide-line to decide which version is best: >- test sets (about 1000 positions) 30% as a first impression. >- auto232 results (30%) >- my personal impression based on my own style and feelings (40%) this >includes the GM challenge games as well. > >How do other programmers decide which version is best? and maybe more >important which criteria is involved? > >I also am curious on opinions if Rebel Century is clearly better than let's >say Rebel8 when the subject is playing style which is something different >than playing strength (my opinion and view). > >Ed Hi Ed Personally I think you have made a huge improvement with Rebel Century. I have been a fan, and customer of rebel since rebel 6 came out. Frankly I did not see that much difference between rebel 6 and rebel 8, But I think the improvement first came with number 9 version, And now Century is yet another Leap, quite a substantial one. I hope that in the future you decide to Resume testing rebel on ssdf, I think it would probally top the list, or come very close. I think it already tops the list as far as the attrativness of play is concerned. Rebel - Tiger may be stronger than Rebel Century but I still believe that Century's style is more fun to play with.
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