Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:19:02 04/10/01
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On April 10, 2001 at 19:07:29, John Dahlem wrote: >On April 10, 2001 at 16:43:06, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 10, 2001 at 16:03:29, Rajen Gupta wrote: >> >>>hi john:jonas cohans(i think it was he)has also posted 2-3 new settings for >>>cm8000. maybe these could be now be tested with a constant opening book.(perhaps >>>the cohanas opening book as this has so far proved to be better than the default >>>books)the next step would be to test these against other progs and hopefully one >>>could arrive at a stronger setting for cm8000 >>> >>>rajen >>> >>>On April 09, 2001 at 14:05:27, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>I have finished some weekend testing of the books provided to me by Jonas >>>>Cohonas and Brian Kostick. The books were tested with (and against) the default >>>>personality. Here are the results: >>>> >>>>In 32 G/10 games: >>>>Kostick 18.5, CM8000 13.5 (+12 =13 -7) >>>>Cohonas 18.5, CM8000 13.5 (+14 =9 -9) >>>> >>>>In 32 G/60 games: >>>>CM8000 18.0, Kostick 14.0 (+9 =18 -4) >>>>CM8000 20.5, Cohonas 11.5 (+13 =15 -4) >>>> >>>>I am sending the games to Jonas and Brian, but if anybody else wants them, let >>>>me know.... >>>> >>>>jm >> >>You can see from my testing results that the Cohonas book has, in no way, >>"proved to be better than the default book". >> >>Also, testing with both a changed book AND a changed personality is not really >>proper testing procedure. If the modified personality is better than the >>default, is it because the book is better, or the personality, or a combination >>of both? > > >I don't think it would matter, as long as it was better (and since it has been >proven the book is better, it's worth a try)! > >john Once again, notice that I said that in no way has the Cohonas book (or any other book, for that matter) proven to be better than the default book, unless there is some compelling evidence that I have not seen. jm
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