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Subject: Re: Crafty 17-10 v Fritz 6a Two machines Nunn 1 @ 5 mins ?

Author: pavel

Date: 07:15:23 05/01/00

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On May 01, 2000 at 06:06:28, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On May 01, 2000 at 05:41:15, pavel wrote:
>
>>hi Uri,
>>        if you play lilgoliath under chessbase gui you will see it has its usual
>>learning file.......just like it is under winboard. but for crafty it is not the
>>same it does not have any learinig file at all. I know that learning is a
>>important thing in nunn test, but it goes for both the engines not for crafty
>>alone, and even if crafty plays better with learinig then fritz, doesnt mean
>>that you have to clear it just make it play so that it doesnt win because of its
>>"superior" learinig code. It just_doesnt_add_up!! What if fritz has a better
>>timing code does it mean you will let fritz play with 2 min and craftywith 2min
>>50 secs? No you wont. Its just simple that the post by christophe didnt make any
>>sense.
>>thanks for you thoughts
>>pavel ;0
>
>Since I don't know anything about learning under the Fritz (or Hiarcs) GUI I'm
>not going to speculate. The important thing isn't whether learning should be
>used or not, but that the different elements of the test are consistant. Every
>possible parameter should be _exactly_ the same, except when you're trying to
>test the influence of a single one, ie. ponder on or off. So if Chessfun is
>testing with a certain approach to the learning function, she only has to make
>sure that she repeats it consistantly. Remember, it's not a test of strength, so
>the optimal settings are not required. Otherwise, why bother with the cumbersome
>and subjective Nunn positions?
>
>Sincerely,
>Mogens

yes and thats my point too "Every possible parameter should be _exactly_ the
same". weather its learning or whatsoever. esp. when its on two cpu.....
pavel.




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