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

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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