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Subject: Re: Creating Opening books ==> don't use CAP data.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 20:57:10 07/06/00

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On July 06, 2000 at 23:31:25, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>I think you're missing the main thrust of the CAP data.  It is not intended to
>be the primary criterion to decide which move is to be played.  It's a lesser
>factor, to be merged in with GM frequency counts, past results, and other
>factors.
>
>If you mean "don't trust CAP data by itself", sure, I'll agree.  But "don't use
>CAP data" seems overly harsh to me.

I think he is afraid that eventually the project will render his 'months of
agonizing' as time wasted.  I don't know that such will ever be the case, but I
do believe at some point, with the right preprocessing, CAP data *might* be
better than anything a human can produce.

As Shakespear once said, "Methinks the lady dost protest too loudly."




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