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Subject: Re: So which programs beat which, only due to superior chess understanding?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:20:16 05/06/02

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On May 06, 2002 at 07:15:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On May 05, 2002 at 21:56:17, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On May 05, 2002 at 19:25:07, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>I feel that if a 1995 program can beat a top program of today in even one game,
>>>that means that there are aspects which that older program knows better than the
>>>new one, or why else would it win?
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>You can test this theory by playing a program against itself. =)
>>
>>James
>
>that is not a good test, when the version numbers are close
>to each other.

He was really talking about identical versions, i.e. no difference.

Although they're identical, in a selfplay match they won't always
draw. That obviously doesn't mean the version that won has more chess
understanding than the other - they're identical!

--
GCP



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