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Subject: Re: CM 6666 v CM 8888 (jorge)

Author: Alvaro Rodriguez

Date: 09:28:26 04/16/00

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On April 16, 2000 at 10:54:43, blass uri wrote:

>On April 16, 2000 at 08:31:44, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>
>>On April 16, 2000 at 08:24:08, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>On April 16, 2000 at 07:08:05, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 16, 2000 at 03:25:01, blass uri wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 16, 2000 at 02:11:59, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Maybe settings should be called CM6K Jorge less confusion at
>>>>>>a much later date with some CM8K settings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Anyway I read the post and stopped the current 100 game match
>>>>>>I had running at 2hrs/40 moves 1 hr rest between CM6000 and CM6666.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have thus far played 10 games 1 hr/side game.
>>>>>>Score CM6666 W3 L5 D3  CM8888 W5 L3 D3 looks like CM8888 will also
>>>>>>win game 11. Just did haha.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For me I have no interest in what is stronger at 15 mins I am more
>>>>>>interested in longer games. Besides which for it to prove to be stronger
>>>>>>than CM 6666 would require a lot more games. For it to prove to be stronger
>>>>>>against other engines is another matter completely, beating CM 6666 don't
>>>>>>mean it will do better against Fritz and the like. Though I did read it had
>>>>>>scored well again the number of games still leaves a large margin of error.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think that the different values for qhite and black queen is illogical.
>>>>>It may help against other programs because they do not understand that counting
>>>>>pawns is not important in queens endgames with passed pawns but I do not expect
>>>>>it to help against chessmaster personalities.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>I think that the important thing here is to performe well against other
>>>>programs, not against cm personalities..IMHO
>>>
>>>I think that something that does not work well against other personalities may
>>>not work well against other programs in the future.
>>>
>>>>I agree that the queen value seems a little bit illogical, but what if it works?
>>>>We just have to wait and see..
>>>>
>>>>Alvaro
>>>
>>>I explained that the reason that it works may be the fact that other programs do
>>>not understand that counting pawns is not important in queen endgames with
>>>passed pawns.
>>>
>>>I believe that when programmers will improve their programs it will stop to be a
>>>good idea.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>When you say that "when programmers will improve their programs", what _exactly_
>>will they improve mattering this setting? I mean, will they tune the program
>>against this setting?
>>
>>Alvaro
>
>No
>I mean they will change their evaluation function to a better evaluation
>function.
>
>I saw many cases when the evaluation function of programs is wrong in queen
>endgames.
>
>programs often do not understand that some KQP vs KQPP endgames are clear
>advantage for the KQP side because only this side have chances to promote the
>passed pawn to queen when the chances of the side with the material advantage is
>only to draw by perpetual check.
>
>The same is if the side with the dangerous pawn is 2 pawns down because counting
>pawns is not important.
>
>Uri

Ok, I understand. I thought you meant that the programs will change their
evaluations _because_ this new chessmaster setting is playing well..

Alvaro



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