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

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 20:58:21 01/29/99

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On January 29, 1999 at 23:51:30, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 29, 1999 at 23:36:40, KarinsDad wrote:
>[snip]
>>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.
>[snip]

You still did not explain your numbers. Not all of us have been following the
C.A.P. results. This is interesting. Please provide more detail.

Thanks,

KarinsDad



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