Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 19:50:44 09/22/00
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On September 22, 2000 at 16:48:08, Chessfun wrote: >On September 22, 2000 at 14:38:07, Jason Williamson wrote: > >>Not to much differnt from the default, I just add nul_low 4, and nval 1. I also >>do: >> >>resign >>with the threshold -9 for 5 moves. >> >>My opinion on null_low 4 is that its better at faster time controls, weaker at >>slower. But its still seems to be doing ok on the ICC regardless. Wonder what >>would happen if i tried null_low 5 ;). > >I ran null_low 5 for a while and again found that it was weaker than the >default. > >>I use nval 1 because Yace was pitching 2 minors for a r and p way to much. I >>don't see that as much anymore and as a result, Yace plays much stronger. > >Could be null_low 4 combined with nval 1 is stronger? > >>I built a book out of 510,000 games. Its only 110 megs in size ;). > >Biggest I could manage was 70 Mb's. I did at one point get a 112 Mb >book out of a 1 GB database but could not run more than 20 Ply due >to processor and ram so I stayed with the 70 Mb book. > >>I did a test run with null_low 4 vs 10 other engines, the resulting rating for >>null_low 4 landed up being 40 points higher then the default. Of course, I >>figure it needs more testing to be sure, but as I said, I suspect that null_low >>4 is good for quick time controls. > >Again the Yace at my Young Talents + blitz was with null_low 4 and when I ran >separate against the others it did much better. That was pre 5 BTW. > >Sarah. > >>JW I was using pre 18+.
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