Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:03:25 03/25/02
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On March 25, 2002 at 14:57:47, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 25, 2002 at 14:53:35, José Carlos wrote: > >>On March 25, 2002 at 13:35:33, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>I just did a quick test to see if there is any gain through book learning. I >>>loaded One computer with Fritz 7 and let it learn from the 3 databases I have >>>(more than 1700 games played by Fritz 7. In the other computer (both AMD 1.4G) >>>I cleared the book learning in Fritz 7 and played 100 games at G/1 minute (for >>>quick results of course). The final score: Fritz without previous book >>>learning won by 52-48. >>>Comments?/Conclusions?/Insults? >>>Jim >> >> I don't know how Fritz 7 book learning works, but I'm certain Averno's book >>learning has improved results in my private tests for about 50 ELO in about 4000 >>test games. > >I suspect that book learning is only valid for the time control at which it is >applied. For example, if I ran a million games at game in one minute with >learning turned on, then learning will be valuable for games at that time >control or faster. If I tried to use the learning file at 40 moves in 2 hours, >I think it would be a big mistake. However, the learning file from one million >games at 40/2 would still be good for faster time controls. > >Just a guess, I have not actually examined any data. I was thinking along the same lines when I started the test. I was just in a hurry to get some quick data so I ran the G/1min test. None of the previous book learning was done at G/1min.
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