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Subject: Re: Analysing while retracting moves

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 01:31:08 11/30/01

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On November 29, 2001 at 00:19:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 28, 2001 at 18:48:39, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On November 28, 2001 at 13:47:11, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On November 28, 2001 at 03:38:59, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 27, 2001 at 12:25:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Deep mistakes are _common_ from a computer's perspective.  You might think
>>>>>they are "tactically supreme" but there are _lots_ of endgame positions where
>>>>>they are clueless.  And any time you reach such a position, where either it is
>>>>>(commonly) a long-range kingside attack (or less commonly) a deep endgame
>>>>>tactic, you get random reports.
>>>>>
>>>>>I simply personlly don't like anything "random" when somebody/something is
>>>>>supposed to be telling me where I went wrong.
>>>>
>>>>Well, without any more information than your gut feelings, I will continue to
>>>>believe that the depth of mistakes is evenly distributed.
>>>>
>>>>-Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>I believe that is what _I_ said.  Some are one move beyond the search
>>>horizon, some are 20+ moves beyond.  Isn't that "distributed".  And the
>>
>>Distribution between ~13 and infinity is not "even." Duh.
>>
>>-Tom
>
>
>Duh always strengthens your argument?  think about this.  Evenly distributed
>between 1 and 20 means what?  an average of 2?  Or an average of _ten_.
>
>duh...  indeed...
>
>But the duh is on the "other foot"...
>
>And that is being gracious, because as I said, the purpose of back-to-front
>is not to find problems one or two moves sooner, but much more than that.
>So maybe 5 to 20 is a better sample, with 20 being a rather low upper bound.

I just love a good pissing contest.  Whenver I see Bob/Tom/Bob/Tom I know that a
trivial detail is being ground into powder.

bruce




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