[DenisO]

helene_t, on Aug 8 2005, 10:17 AM, said:

Even Jack fails the Turing test, IMHO. The kind of mistakes he makes are characteristic: never micounts, but is easily trapped by psyches, even by elementary falsearding.

We shall see Over the next few months we can follow the reports of JacK against International or near International class Dutch players:

Follow the action at :
http://www.jackbridge.com/eindex.htm

[EarlPurple]

If I partner myself against Jack it's easy to psych him out. Just bid his suit then run to my own suit.

A pair playing against 2 GIBS could play HUMs and that would probably psych them out.

[Walddk]

EarlPurple, on Aug 10 2005, 12:19 AM, said:

If I partner myself against Jack it's easy to psych him out. Just bid his suit then run to my own suit.

A pair playing against 2 GIBS could play HUMs and that would probably psych them out.

If this is how you like to practise your bridge, then, by all means, go ahead.

Roland

[han]

Installed the bots yesterday and already had a lot of fun. I keep thinking that BBO can't get any better and every time you guys prove how wrong I am. Great site!

[inquiry]

The bots feel a need on BBO, for sure. They fill in while waiting for a fiend. They don't play a horrible game of bridge. They don't play PERFECT of course. I had this (MisIry) hand today and I am certain the bot blew the play.

Scoring: IMP

West North East South

 -     -     Pass  Pass
 Pass  1♦    Pass  1♠
 Pass  3♣    Pass  5♣
 Pass  6♣    Pass  Pass
 Pass  

---

The BOT went down by playing a line that required 2-2 clubs or EAST has club KJx and diamonds no worse than 4-2. This was doubly sad, as only four out of 16 tables found the slam (yes it is biddable without MisIry), and my bot was only declearer in clubs not to take 12 tricks.

While 6C is easily reachable without MisIry, MisIry would have been...
3D - 4H
5C - 5S
6C - Pass

(5S = cuebid at five level, shows value)
6C = if I was interested in spade king, I would have bid 5NT to ask

If south only bids 3H (wimpy in my view), the auction woudl have been very similar
3D - 3H
5C - 5S
6C - Pass

Sigh...

[AAr]

I recall back in the days where I played on the Zone (before setting up BBO, and then forgetting my password on my Zone account (so I can't play there anymore)), I remember the Bots. There were good for waiting on players and reserving seats while waiting for particular players while not delaying play. And, some players prefer to play alone with Bots.

That being said, I don't know about BBO's new bots, but the Bots on the Zone did not bid/play perfectically. Also, it seems so easy to cheat against bots. You can always bid 7NT and claim.

I don't mind playing computer opponents in Chess, but I prefer human partners and opponents in Bridge. That's my opinion. However, there are some good in Bots, like being able to play before having four players arrive at your table, or reserving seats for particular players without delaying play, or just for some good old-fashioned fun practice.

I just hope there aren't too many tainted IMP scores in the MBC because of people bidding and claiming 7NT (even when they don't have the majority of HCP).

[inquiry]

Carvesalot, on Aug 17 2005, 08:14 AM, said:

Might be good if when watching vugraph you could click a button to ask what GIB would play next (single dummy), next to the one that asks what Deep Finesse would play next (double dummy).

You can push GIB while kibitzing any table (including Vugraph) and it will tell you what it would do (bid or play).

[Allan]

Is there any news on the General System and Convention Card which GIB uses in BBO-BOT mode at present?

Thanks

Allan

[mr1303]

From what I can tell, it plays 3 weak 2s, 2/1 game force and Cappelletti vs 1NT. This I've ascertained from asking for information about its bids.

[DJNeill]

Hi all,
Also, on defense it gives current count quite faithfully (as my partner at least). I wonder if the declaring bots know this and take that into account in their simulations.

Later,
Dan

[barmar]

mr1303, on Aug 24 2005, 10:12 AM, said:

From what I can tell, it plays 3 weak 2s, 2/1 game force and Cappelletti vs 1NT. This I've ascertained from asking for information about its bids.

What form of Jacoby Transfers does it play? I just got a hand with a long diamond suit, GIB opened 1NT, and I wasn't sure how to transfer to it.

I switched seats with GIB to see what it did, but it decided to pass.

[uday]

http://www.gibware.com/cc.html

this has a pic of a convention card. Rain has been digging into this and perhaps she or FG will post their findings at some point

[DenisO]

uday, on Aug 26 2005, 05:36 PM, said:

this has a pic of a convention card. Rain has been digging into this and perhaps she or FG will post their findings at some point

This is just one of GIB's CCs. Other systems that it plays are Acol, Kaplan- Sheinwold, Moscito Byte, Traditional and Standard with Gadgets (a 2/1 system).

A lot of development with considerable help from the GIB community went into Standard with Gadgets and I hope that this is the CC that Fred has chosen.

Having said that, GIB development has been dead for two years and I can't see it being resurrected unless Matt Ginsberg is prepared to do some more work . From what I understand the GIB program and bidding database are so complex that no one else can carry out even simple mods to correct known bidding bugs.

If you use GIB, you just have to realise that not everything will be perfect and it would seem that if you find suspect bids/ or plays you just have to live with them

[DenisO]

DenisO, on Aug 8 2005, 04:39 PM, said:

We shall see Over the next few months we can follow the reports of JacK against International or near International class Dutch players:

Follow the action at :
http://www.jackbridge.com/eindex.htm

Some results now available - Jack is doing well - winning two matches and narrow defeat in third

http://www.jackbridge.com/eindex.htm

[barmar]

uday, on Aug 26 2005, 11:36 AM, said:

http://www.gibware.com/cc.html

this has a pic of a convention card. Rain has been digging into this and perhaps she or FG will post their findings at some point

I'm pretty sure that's not the CC being used by the bots. They use New Minor Forcing, which isn't checked on that CC.