Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 22:49:14 12/20/98
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On December 20, 1998 at 23:35:02, Steve Lopez wrote: >On December 20, 1998 at 20:49:33, James Robertson wrote: > >>On December 20, 1998 at 19:14:34, Mario Petrilli wrote: >> >>>I've noticed that quite a few of the professional chess programs claim as a >>>positive feature of their software package the inclusion of a large games >>>database. Why is this not a demerit of the evaluation function? That is, if >>>the evaluation function is sufficiently strong, it should not require a >>>database. Rather, it should perform an evaluation purely based on the >intrinsic properties of the chess position. >>> >>>Anyone with knowledge of evaluation functions please comment. >> >>The database is for you, not the program!!! >> >>James > >Exactly. While some playing programs will use the database as a reference in the >learning functions, the primary purpose of a large database of games is for the >user's enjoyment and education. Does Fritz5.32 have exactly the same 300,000 game database as the 5.16 version. If it has even more games I would be so happy... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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