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Subject: Re: CCT-4 Sjeng Operator thoughts weekend #2

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 01:34:18 02/01/02

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On January 31, 2002 at 15:25:24, Jon Dart wrote:

>On January 31, 2002 at 14:31:12, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>I don't remember GCP's book algorithm.  I suspect that both programmers used the
>>same source for their opening book.  Many "automatically generated" opening
>>books just consider that any move a GM has played must be good, and especially
>>if it has been played twice.  Some opening books do not even consider if the one
>>who made the book won or lost the game!
>>
>
>As I discussed earlier, I implemented a "selectivity" parameter for Arasan and
>used it for the 2nd weekend of the tournament. I had it set to 70, so no moves
>that had a score <70% of the highest-scored move would be played. I had already
>excluded low-frequency moves (except those in the "basic" book, which is
>hand-constructed). The selectivity did seem to help but Arasan did in one game
>still get a bad opening (against Hiarcs, if I remember).
>
>At least it didn't play the King's Gambit as white (which it did in a previous
>CCC againt Fritz), or the Benko Gambit as Black (which it did once against
>Crafty). Fritz got it out of book early and killed it, and in the Crafty game it
>never had any visible compensation for the pawn.
>
>--Jon


[Event " "]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round " "]
[White "ban"]
[Black "Searcher5.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "3600+10"]
[WhiteELO "2701"]
[BlackELO "2575"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5

I think I need to do something similar.  Why would anyone play f5 against Deep
Junior - a better program on a faster machine :-(

Frank



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