Author: Herman Hesse
Date: 11:22:03 07/29/99
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On July 29, 1999 at 13:39:07, Dann Corbit wrote: >I don't believe that you should directly link winning percentage and ce. Should ? >Whenever I add new games to my database, I see that winning percentage changes >for each opening position. Now, has the value of the position changed any? No, simply the percentage is now more accurate (accepting the obvious inexactitude). >Certainly not. There clearly should be some relationship between a good move >and winning percentage by good players and computers. But I don't think there >is an invertible function between the two numbers. You don't think ? Please use logical constructs to illustrate rather than these bland opinions. No purpose is being served by all opinion and no content. > >When choosing a chess move, I think the computer's evaluation of the position >should be considered together with win expectancy from your database. If both >agree on what is the best move, then go for it. If they disagree, maybe we >should look harder at subsequent alternatives. Didn't you miss the point of the Amir Ban post? That instead of counting pawns at each node there may be a different way to represent the nodal value as win/loss chance. Your belief in non-invertible function between the two values doesn't seem useful or relevent. Herman
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