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Subject: Re: Nolot Positions #1

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 09:12:12 11/28/00

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On November 28, 2000 at 11:50:12, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On November 28, 2000 at 10:30:00, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>[snip]
>To add a bit, here is an output from a chess engine for one of the WAC
>positions:
>
>Middlegame phase.
> 2    -173     4      525  e5c6 d6c6
> 2    -173     4     1232  e5c6 d6c6
> 3    -188     5     1569  e5c6 d6c6 f6h5
> 3    -187     6     4205  g3g6 !
> 3    -123     6     4577  g3g6
> 3    -122     7     6316  f6h5 !
> 3    -101     7     7444  f6e8 !
> 3     -17     7     7746  f6e8 d6e5 d4e5 d8e8
> 4     -17     7     8247  f6e8 d6e5 d4e5 d8e8
> 4     -17     8    10898  f6e8 d6e5 d4e5 d8e8
> 5     -12     8    11626  f6e8 d6e5 d4e5 d8e8 a1d1
> 5     -11    11    22518  g3g6 !
> 5     383    14    33800  g3g6 !!
> 5  999996    14    34042  g3g6 d6e5
> 5  999996    15    34369  g3g6 d6e5
>Learning score: 999996  best: 36  depth:5  hash: F45FB3C8
>
>Notice that it 'found' g6 at ply 3.  Was it 'solved'?  Obviously not.  Why not?
>Because it had no idea how good the position was.  Because of this, the choice
>was easily abandoned at later ply.  Given enough time, it found the right move
>for the right reason and stuck to it.



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