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Subject: Re: Hello from Edmonton (and on Temporal Differences)

Author: James Swafford

Date: 04:41:42 08/06/02

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On August 06, 2002 at 05:32:11, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On August 05, 2002 at 19:45:57, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>On August 05, 2002 at 18:01:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On August 05, 2002 at 17:58:16, James Swafford wrote:
>>>
>>>this is in my alltime CCC posting.
>>>
>>>If a value from +3 goes to -3 then that's the most absurd thing
>>>which can happen.
>>
>>Of course, if you're implying -3 means "it's good to get rid of
>>the bishop" or some other similar nonsense.  But the point is
>>that moves are more important than eval term weights.
>>
>>Surely you agree... (?)
>
>You're presenting it as if they are two independent things, which is
>surely not true.
>

Optimal play and what you expect to see in your eval vector may be
two independent things, if that's what you mean.  Vincent was trying
to be dramatic with the -3 example.

--
James



>--
>GCP



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