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From: mwilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Chess Program -Do you know a good one?
Keywords: Chess Program, Recommendation
Message-ID: <7402@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 5 Jun 90 16:09:33 GMT
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Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <3513@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> halam2@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU (Haseen Alam) writes:
> First I played at the lowest level on both, and then on the next higher
> level.  The results were interesting, but the whole thing was getting boring
> so I did not try out all the user levels.
>
> Whichever program started won the game, swapping machines had no effect.

  Well, since the lower user levels in those programs are created by cutting
off parts of the move search, that might not be a very good test.

  The best test is to run them against each other at the highest level.
That way you can see the strengths and weaknesses in their actual,
unhandicapped game.  It's quite possible that they are aggressive players at
low levels and at high levels are more "reserved" in their actions, so to
speak.

-- Mark Wilkins
-- 
  "According  to  our  contract, at  precisely  midnight  of  the  night 
  of her greatest triumph,  the party of the first  part,  (that's you), 
  agrees to render up  her soul,  now and  forevermore,  to the party of 
  the second part.  (That's me).  Shall we go?"