Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: CM_MG1 v CM8000 -- 100 G/10 Results

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:12:31 07/20/01

Go up one level in this thread


On July 20, 2001 at 18:36:18, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 20, 2001 at 18:33:15, Steven J. Brann wrote:
>
>>On July 20, 2001 at 17:48:58, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On July 20, 2001 at 16:49:43, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 20, 2001 at 16:27:54, John Merlino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In the first phase of my testing of the mg1 personality, I played 100 games at
>>>>>G/10 on the same machine. Here are the results:
>>>>>
>>>>>MG1 57.5, CM8000 42.5 (+38 =39 -23)
>>>>>
>>>>>If I recall correctly, this is the best result at G/10 of all personalities that
>>>>>I have tested. If anybody would like the PGN file, send me an e-mail....
>>>>>
>>>>>I am now going to play 100 games at G/60.
>>>>
>>>>What is the MG1 personality?
>>>>Has it been tried against Chessfun's?
>>>
>>>The MG1 personality was designed by Bill McGaugh. Here are the settings:
>>>
>>>A/D  (Attack/Defender)    [  -5]    M/P  (Material/Position)  [   5]
>>>S/P  (Strength of Play)   [ 100]    C/C  (Control of Center)  [ 105]
>>>Rand (Randomness)         [   0]    MOB  (Mobility)           [ 115]
>>>MSD  (Max Search Depth)   [  99]    K/S  (King Safety)        [ 150]
>>>SS   (Selective Search)   [  12]    P/P  (Passed Pawns)       [ 110]
>>>C/D  (Contempt for Draw)  [   0]    P/W  (Pawn Weakness)      [ 125]
>>>
>>>OWN              OPPONENT
>>>Queen   [105]    Queen   [105]
>>>Rook    [ 54]    Rook    [ 54]
>>>Bishop  [ 34]    Bishop  [ 34]
>>>Knight  [ 33]    Knight  [ 33]
>>>Pawn    [ 10]    Pawn    [ 10]
>>>
>>>Opening Book: CM8000.OBK
>>>
>>>I have not tested it against any other user-defined personality. Normally, I
>>>just test against the default and let other people test against other
>>>personalities. I'm really only concerned (at this point) if it is better than
>>>the default.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Hi John,
>>
>>I presume the ttable size is equal for both personalities, correct?.  Is the
>>ttable size = default = 1?  If not, what ttable size setting?
>
>I'm using 8MB for the hash tables.
>
>>Oh, a parenthetical note... better wait for the 1.04 patch before you start the
>>G60 tournament or be prepared to let 'er rip for a few days 24/7.  <hehe>
>
>Very funny.... ;-)
>
>But, yes, I have a machine dedicated to these kinds of things. So it's no
>problem.
>
>jm

Hello John,
Don't get me wrong, I'm interested in what you are doing but....    I have seen
in the past personalities that were tuned to beat the original Chessmaster
personality in engine/engine testing but they failed badly vs other top programs
at the time.
Jim



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.