Author: Dan Ellwein
Date: 05:23:54 03/27/00
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On March 27, 2000 at 02:08:44, Tina Long wrote: >On March 26, 2000 at 11:45:38, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On March 25, 2000 at 23:13:49, Tina Long wrote: >> >>>On March 25, 2000 at 14:28:13, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>On March 25, 2000 at 13:41:28, Roger wrote: >>>> >>>>>Would tablebases for Tiger have changed this result at all? >>>>> >>>>>Roger >>>> >>>>Maybe a quarter of a point.... My experience with tablebases is that if the >>>>program is moderately smart it doesn't benefit tremendously from them. >>>> >>>>James >>>> >>>Ed Schroder said about 6 months ago that Tablebases were worth about 10 points >>>on the SSDF scale. >>> >>>I'm 70% sure he said that! I'm 100% sure that Ed said once that something was >>>worth very little rating points. >>> >>>I'm glad I could add some real detail to this discussion. >>> >>>Tina Long >> >> >>As far as I know, endgames are not Tiger's weak point. >> >>One thing I'm sure about: as far as playing strength is the subject, I have a >>long list of ideas that, in my opinion, will give much more than tablebases. >> >>It does not matter if tablebases are easy to implement or not (they are not, >>unless you want to do it the dirty way, and I won't), I don't see the point in >>working on this before I fix more important things. > > >Good, I think you should work on whatever gives you the most performance >improvement per working hour. I also think you should get the main ideas >implimented and tested before Sept. 15 2000. Test & promote heavily through >October. Top the December 12 SSDF list by 7 clear points (+-50). And get the >next version out in time to beat Christmas. > >And I should know, because today I'm an opinionated bitch on Rum. > >Ha, No computer program has EVER resorted to tablebases to Soundly Flog me. Tina... may-be a nice, hot cup of tea would do wonders for ya... English Breakfast... perhaps... :) PilgrimDan > >Cheers, >Tina Long >> >> >> >> Christophe
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