Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 09:07:43 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 11:23:56, Sune Fischer wrote: >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. Those superGMs do whatever they get paid for. Michael > >> 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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