Author: William H Rogers
Date: 11:17:18 03/12/02
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On March 12, 2002 at 12:54:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On March 12, 2002 at 12:48:47, Paul Doire wrote: > >>How important is it for the programmers to have a high ELO, >>doesn't it help them increase the strength of their programs. >> >>If a GM had the programming skills of ,lets say, Ed Schroeder or Frans Morsch >>wouldn't that translate into a stronger program? > >Perhaps. Perhaps not. A computer doesn't think like a human. > >I would assume a better understanding of chess allows one to >see better where the program is failing, and avoids teaching >the program wrong things. Then again, it may also cause the >programmer to let the programs understand things that are useless >for the computer. > >I myself have trouble maintaining a 1200 rating on FICS (ok, >I don't exactly try hard either). The only time when that's >annoying is when I want to add eval to Sjeng and I have no real >idea if it's really correct or not. This wouldn't be a problem >if I had a reasonably solid way of testing those changes, but >I haven't, so it is. > >-- >GCP Carlos You can do what I do and that is to find another program that is 100 to 200 points stronger than yours is. Then play a bunch of games, recording every move. Make changes to your eval then play a bunch more to see if there is any change. I found that some changes in evals do not effect both colors the same. Sometimes you will find that a certain change will make black play stronger and then others will favor white. It depends upon ...... Hell, I don't really know. Bill
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