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Subject: Re: Human rating differential compared to Computer vs. computer

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 20:51:30 01/29/99

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On January 29, 1999 at 23:36:40, KarinsDad wrote:
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>Are you analyzing only leaf nodes, or at you going through positions from the
>start of games?
>
>Please explain your numbers. 10^47 appears to be about 16 to 18 moves down for
>each side down considering all legal moves. Since about
>9.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 x 10^46 of those moves are
>inferior, it seems likely that you are more or less covering the bases as it is.
>What am I missing? If the opponent makes an inferior move, then let a program's
>tactical engine figure it out. If the opponent makes a theoretical novelty, let
>your learning routines record it and analyze it later.
KK made an interesting observation, and clearly he is right.  You don't have to
compute every game, only every unique possible board position.  I might be off
by a 6 orders of magnitude or so, but that would not matter much.
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