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Subject: Re: How to beat Junior6a

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 15:32:53 02/24/00

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On February 24, 2000 at 13:59:45, Frederic Friedel wrote:

>
>If you want an opponent for kids and amateurs you should try Handicap, which has
>drunks, dare-devils and morons; or Friend, where Junior tries to exactly match
>your playing strength; or Sparring, where it uses its full computational power
>to try to set up tactics for you (and taunts you if you miss them). You can even
>program your own handicap levels. Easier and more satisfying than overloading
>the computer or starving the program for resources.
>
>BTW I saw someone perform vigorous activities with the mouse to reduce the
>search depth during a game against another program which he wanted to win. It
>actually worked, though I'm not sure exactly what he did with the mouse.


Thanks Frederic,

This is in partial answer to all those people who say "Program X can't beat me
at 2 minutes per game."  They then don't tell us that they are running their
program on a slow or overtaxed machine.  I will use those other features but I
am just enjoying getting my butt kicked and my skull crushed playing Junior 6a
at 10 minutes per game.  Oh, I hurts so good (well) for the purist.

Tim Frohlick

PS  I drink one beer (no, not a 100,000 liter vat) a year whether I need it or
not.  I use wine for medicinal purposes only.



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