Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:21:32 12/16/05
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On December 16, 2005 at 11:50:06, Chrilly Donninger wrote: > >> >>Are now the Computer Chess Programs strong like corr chess GMs? I seems YES! > >I think in general strong Correspondence GMs like Arno Nickel are still better. >But we do our best to catch up. I have made the evaluation aggressive to >increase the tactical complications. This works quite well in tournaments but >not in correspondence chess. >Rybka will also help in this process, because there is now a sparring partner >available who plays different to the rest. There is now less imbreeding (I hope >that Rybka stays different). > >Rybka sparring: I had yesterday a funny match with 2 underpromotions in 1 game. >I always thought that underpromotion happens only in studies, but not in real >games. I was considering in the past to remove underpromotions within the search >and allow it just on the root. But its obviously not a good idea. One can not >only learn from the strong but also from the bad features of others. > >Chrilly I disagree that in general strong Correspondence GMs like Arno Nickel are still better. top programs already beated GM nickel 3.5-2.5 in correspondence games. I believe that top chess programs can get the GM title in correspondence games and I will not be surprised if hydra also can get it(I do not know if it is stronger or weaker than other programs in correspondence games). Uri
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