Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:22:17 01/13/01
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On January 14, 2001 at 00:05:08, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 13, 2001 at 17:19:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 13, 2001 at 17:13:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>I just added code to my program to handle fractional extensions >>>and recapture extensions. >>> >>>My problem now is: how do I test & tune these? I did what I >>>normally do and ran it through WAC. It did worse. Probably not >>>so surprising as they are nearly all rather simple tactical >>>positions, so extending more (on checks...not so much on >>>recaptures) is nearly always a win. >>> >>>Does anybody here have a testcase? Maybe a set of positions >>>where it _really_ matters how you do your extensions? >>> >>>If you added frac. extensions you your program, what made you >>>decide to do so? >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >> >>Do as I did. Make the extension amount something you can set via command. >>Then run a potload of tests. I ran WAC with all the extensions set to >>values between .5 and 1.0, in increments of .25. That is 3 cases for >>each extension and I varied 4 different extensions. 81 tests and you then >>look at which ones needed the fewest total nodes to solve _all_ the test >>positions... > > > > >So Crafty is cooked for WAC!? ;) > > > > Christophe :) actually not, as I used a lot of other positions as well (IE I used some of the "crafty goes deep" positions that were not tactical at all....)
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