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Subject: Re: Fritz won shredder,Century won Boris kogen(2286) in the israeli league

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 22:58:51 04/03/00

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On April 04, 2000 at 00:36:52, Harald Faber wrote:

>On April 03, 2000 at 02:59:43, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>
>>It is more complicated than that. The higher one set the [Chess Knowledge]
>>parameter the better quality of moves the thing will produce. Just play
>>a 100 games engine-engine match based on a fixed depth time control. The
>>higher you set the [Chess Knowledge] parameter the bigger the victory.
>>
>>So the [Chess Knowledge] parameter works and does the job it is supposed
>>to do. On the other hand a high value of the [Chess Knowledge] parameter
>>is responsible for loss in speed during the search which may lead to a
>>loss of a complete (iteration) ply. And losing an iteration ply seems to
>>be more valuable than the gain of the extra chess knowledge. No doubt this
>>is true for comp-comp but what if the topic is human-comp? Until now I
>>really can't tell. So far I have chosen that [Chess Knowledge=25] is also
>>better against humans. Am I completely sure? No...
>>
>>Ed
>
>Wasn't it always the most important question? How much knowledge implement but
>not get TOO slow?

It depends where you have your priorities. For me it is important but
not "the most important question". If I can gain 2 plies deeper against
a huge loss of Rebel's playing style I would not call that an improvement
even if the new thing would score better.

Ed



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