Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 10:07:17 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 12:07:43, Drexel,Michael wrote: >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. Yeah, even classic chess. -S. >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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