Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 17:04:53 10/13/00
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On October 13, 2000 at 13:34:11, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Are there any known cases where the CAP data has uncovered a novelty or cast serious doubt on modern GM assessment of a known opening position? If you search the CAP database for positions with abs(ce) > X, where X is a pretty high evaluation (~1.5-2.0 pawns), how many records do you get? --Peter
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