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Subject: Re: Analysis Explanation

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 08:43:18 05/23/00

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On May 23, 2000 at 08:00:53, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>On May 23, 2000 at 00:05:36, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
><snip>
>>http://www.rebel.nl/db2.htm
>
>The following in an excerpt from the above link and I don't fully understand the
>evaluation.
>
> 13.          Nc6-a5
>     Kasparov,G  :11.00  -0.03  Nc6-a5 Bb3-c2 c7-c5 d4-d5 g7-g6 b2-b4
>     Rebel 8.0   :11.00  -0.03  Nc6-a5 Bb3-c2 c7-c5 d4-d5 g7-g6 b2-b4
> 14. Bb3-c2
>     DEEP BLUE   :11.00  0.13  Bb3-c2 c7-c5 b2-b3 Ra8-c8 Bc1-e3 g7-g6
>     Rebel 8.0   :11.00  0.13  Bb3-c2 c7-c5 b2-b3 Ra8-c8 Bc1-e3 g7-g6
> 14.           c7-c5
>     Kasparov,G  :10.00  -0.05  c7-c5 b2-b3 Ra8-c8 Bc1-e3 g7-g6 d4xe5
>     Rebel 8.0   :10.00  -0.05  c7-c5 b2-b3 Ra8-c8 Bc1-e3 g7-g6 d4xe5
>
>I am interpreting the evaluations to be relative and not absolute (for the 3
>moves above, the white position is evaluated better in all cases)  So, at move
>13, Rebel evaluated the position -0.03 at 11 ply.  At move 14, the evaluation is
>now 0.13 at ply 11 again.  This I can understand because the line has changed
>from d4-d5 to b2-b3 and move 14 has looked one ply deeper than move 13.
>However, on black's move 14 the ply count is now 10 which indicates that the
>depth reached in the analysis is the same as that for white's move 14 but the
>evaluation has changed from +0.13 to +0.05 (absolute) the line being identical
>except fot the inclusion of d4xe5 in the printout.  My question is why would the
>program change its evaluation of the position if it searched to exactly the same
>depth?
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

It has something to do with the right to move and not to go for a
draw (score) too easily.

Ed



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