Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:34:11 10/13/00
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On October 13, 2000 at 08:06:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: [snip] >with cap you can never rely on its score as it' sjust a computer search >score without knowing what program did the search. > >like using cap in najdorf knowing most used program is crafty is a bit >weird of course. First of all i tactical outsearch with a dual PIII800 in >a tournament game already the cap data, secondly i can't rely on it >at all. > >So it's not usuable. i'm not surprised that CAP captures a pawn at b7 >at all. > >If you rely on cap you can never win a tournament in advance, so you can't >trust it, so you can't use it. so saying it captures a pawn here i >believe at once, but it doesn't change the opinion that it's a useless >statement as too many important moves it plays wrong. > >More as a search of DIEP will reveal. Perhaps by minimaxing the CAP data, something better can be created. Time will tell. At any rate, there are many potential uses for the data. Making a computer play better is one possibility, but it may also be useful for novelty search and many other notions.
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