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Subject: Re: FRC_TheBaron_101 Vs Fritz8 (Castling vs Not Castling rules)

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 08:23:56 06/24/03

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On June 24, 2003 at 11:07:38, Uri Blass wrote:

>>But nevermind the titles, that's just boring hairsplitting anyway.
>>
>>I think FRC is increasing its popularity, also now with the Leko-Svidler match,
>>and I like it because it solves some problems (book problems!)
>
>
>I do not think that the book problem is very important and top programs can do
>well even without opening book.

It is possible you are mistaken about that.
I certainly know my engine has lost games because of bad opening lines.

>If you want to solve book problems than shuffle chess is enough and you do not
>need FRC.

You can, and it is better than nothing I guess. But as a chessplayer myself I
must say that shuffle doesn't appeal to me at all, that's like a kids game. You
also see the superGMs play FRC and not shuffle.

> and takes a more
>>generic approach to the game.
>>
>>For instance I don't like hardwired patterns, say a bishop trapped on a7 with a
>>pawn on b6 and c7.
>
>I also do not like it.
>
> If I were to add this to my engine I would do it in such a
>>way, that a wider range of trapped bishop cases were detected, which naturally
>>included that cases.
>
>I beleive that doing it in that way is more productive for chess programs and
>has nothing to do with FRC.

It helps me to think in the right way, because this way I can never tell what
the patterns will look like. I think it forces one to be imaginative and addapt
the engine for more varied play.

I do sense that the difficulties of FRC are being blown a bit out of proportion,
there are things 100 times harder to do in a chess engine.

Unless of course one has actually made the engine full of hardwired patterns,
then it's going to be a big change, but I suspect the change will be productive
in the long run also for regular chess.

-S.
>Uri



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