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Subject: Re: Knee jerk reaction!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 13:17:22 09/13/04

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On September 13, 2004 at 15:37:04, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>The only way to evaluate the games is to analyse them. One needs to analyse all
>games; won, drawn and lost.
>
>To create a book from a database from the score percentage if you see a move
>with 99% out of 100 games it means that it is almost winning for sure or that
>finally the opponent found the way to kill that move?
>
>The only way to find out is to check the moves and find out.
>
>When you analyse a game you should be able to answer the following questions:
>
>1. Did I won because I played better or because the opponent blundered?
>2. Could I play better?
>3. Where?
>4. Why did I play not at the best?
>5. Did I select a variation not suiting my style and or my chess knowledge?
>6. Was this line more suiting my opponent?
>and so on.
>
>Of course to be able to answer them needs "a lot" chess understanding and this
>can be achived only reading very many chess books (I think I have/had about 400)
>and playing chess yourself at the club and International tournaments too.
>
>The chess programs are good too to practise, but the best way to get the most
>from them is to play against them like you would play normally and not
>anti-computer chess.
>I mean if you want to improve you need to face them on their best and not to
>weak them in order to get the tough opposition...
>
>To understand everything from scores/percentages...is simply a joke!

I wouldn't call the only sure proof of progress a joke :)

Every change however logical it may seem must be tested, but in looking for
explicit features to add to the evaluation I think you are right that games
should be analyzed for inspiration.

-S.

>Sandro



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