Author: Chessfun
Date: 22:17:44 09/22/00
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On September 22, 2000 at 22:50:44, Jason Williamson wrote: >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+. The tourney I ran was a while ago. I think the difference between pre 17 and 18 was 18 required a new book creation and I wanted to stay with the current. Mogens is going to run some tests maybe I'll try some with null_low 4 again and see what I get. Sarah.
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