Wish list for next version of Komodo Dragon

[lkaufman]

I don't know if it makes sense or not but I would like to see an elo rating associated with the various personalities. For example, when I select "Human" , am I selecting GM or a club player?

The elo rating depends primarily on the Skill level. At maximum Skill level (25) the personalities only weaken the playing strength by something like 5- to 150 elo depending on the personality, so even the weakest personality will play far above Magnus Carlsen level at Skill 25.

[KLc]

Well, OTB human chess isn't played out, humans make too many mistakes, but I agree with those who say that Correspondence chess is pretty much played out, and engine vs engine chess, on many cores at long time limits, is also played out unless bad openings are mandated. Even if we were clearly number 1, I would still advocate for ideas like chess 960, various forms of Armageddon, mandated bad openings, and rule changes to reduce draws, as these are all things that would make the elo gap between number 1 and number 2 larger. So as long as Dragon is number 2 (on most hardware), I am actually arguing against my own best interest when I advocate these ideas. I go into a lot of these ideas in my forthcoming "Chess Board Options" book.

I didn't know about your book project. I'm curious—preordered.