On Nov 7, 12:17 pm, SBD wrote:

Well, incompetence on Sanny's end ( the allocation of resources) is
a very likely explanation, to be sure. Anyone who, for a year, works
on a chess program that can't play as well as one I programmed in the
1980s in BASIC is surely not too good at programming.

But the combination of incompetence + incompetent fakery seems just as
likely.

Surely you are not suggesting that your program, running
on a computer from the 1980s, would defeat Sanny's program,
running on a modern computer? This seems impossible,
even with the knowledge that his Java is oh-so-slow.

Maybe you want a fair match, where both programs run
on modern computers (GetClub's program would cause
older computers to explode in disgust!)? As I said, except
against Beginner level, the GetClub program has improved
considerably. Note well that former critics are no longer
testing their mettle, so what you have is a few recent
victories (or losses) which I believe represent the Beginner
level, which tries to move "quickly". The higher levels are
much tougher.

Let's have another go at guesstimating ratings:

Beginner: 1600

Easy: 1700

Normal: 1800

Master: 1900

Advance: 2000


Granted, these higher levels are dead slow, but I
doubt I have overestimated. Only at the very end,
when the horrific problem of King inactivity surfaces,
does the program's strength fall off a cliff. I'm pretty
good at surviving tactics, and getting to that point
so I can rack up yet another "easy" win, but many
players are not. :D


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