On Sep 13, 10:45 am, Sanny wrote:

Yesterday a few improvement patches were added to the game, But I
think it made it feel play so bad that it started giving out pieces
for no reasion.

So all improvements were removed and old Game which atleast make
sensible moves was restored.


I played a few games yesterday at the easy levels
and thought there was something odd going on; all of
a sudden, the program was "booked up" in the openings
and although it played good moves much of the time it
would inevitably overlook an obvious tactical threat; in
sum, it was like playing a decent human opponent.

My guess is that both Sanny and his meanest
critics are off base regarding the program's actual
playing strength. No, it is not Class B, Class B,
Class A, Expert and so forth, but neither is it Class E,
Class E, Class E, and Class D. You have to focus on
the sad fact that no matter how poorly it may play the
openings, and no matter how many times it fails to
avoid a mate-in-two on itself, it still is dangerous at
times.

Ralph Callenberg suggested that Sanny's numbers
were exaggerated by 750 to 1000 points, but this is
utter nonsense; take 1000 points off of Sanny's
estimate of 2000 for Master level and you get 1000--
I would love to bet money on Sanny's ML against a
room full of such players, at $100 per board. Make
that a very LARGE room full! IMO, the Master level
would mow them down like a row of carrots (no wait,
carrots grow underground).

I think Sanny's numbers are too close together;
they do not give his program much credit for taking
double, triple, or even ten times more time to think.
Perhaps he should put his Beginner level somewhat
lower, but his top levels are not so bad, weighing
tactics at 90% or so and the worst aspects much
less. I'm talking about results here, not the artistic
aspects... LOL.


-- help bot