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Subject: Re: Gothmog -- just how strong is it?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:47:49 01/16/04

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On January 16, 2004 at 12:01:55, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On January 16, 2004 at 11:18:26, martin fierz wrote:
>
>>On January 16, 2004 at 11:02:40, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>
>>>The only thing which is 100% sure regarding the strength of Gothmog is that
>>>it is not quite as strong as Patrick's results indicate.  The next version will
>>>be stronger, though (stronger than the current, that is, I am not claiming
>>>that it will climb further on Patrick's list).  There are some ugly asymmetry
>>>bugs in the evaluation function in 0.4.5, and the new endgame knowledge I am
>>>adding right now should also help.
>>
>>...and i thought you said you had no more ideas ;-)
>
>:-)
>
>I think I explicitly mentioned endgame knowledge as one of the improvements
>I definitely *would* do in the near future.  And fixing bugs always helps.
>
>Of course, my engine will continue to improve for some more time, but
>there is a limit.  It will never be stronger than at most 100-150 Elo
>points above the current level.

How do you know?
I get the impression that it is going to improve more than it and may get the
level of Shredder8.

100-150 elo improvement already suggest that it is going to be better than
Crafty.

Uri



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