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Subject: Re: Crafty NewBook vs Crafty CurrentBook (incl.pgn)

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 08:24:58 09/14/01

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On September 14, 2001 at 11:12:47, pete wrote:

>On September 14, 2001 at 10:56:56, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>Playing a program against itself is pretty much pointless.
>
>I disagree - he wants to test the quality of his opening book here, not the one
>of the engine : it's a nice and simple idea to play automatches to test the
>quality of two different opening books for the same program as long as you don't
>start tuning the books against each other.
>
>Everything else is left equal.
>
>pete

"quality of an opening book" is relative.  I know openings that Crafty has a 90%
winning winning record with, as opposed to Deep Fritz's 40% winning record.
(With the same exact opening.)

He is basing the result of the games, to the quality of the opening books.  And
playing Crafty vs Crafty is pointless, and can not prove much.  Not that it
can't prove anything, it can.  But like I said, there is little weight to that
proof.


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