Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:16:09 06/25/02
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On June 24, 2002 at 14:19:45, Joshua Lee wrote: >Is the reason for losses between fairly close programs >1. Book Rare. >2. The first Move out of Book Extend this point to "the next *10* moves out of book". Then this is a reason why a program loses. It does not follow a strategy which the positions requires. ALthough sometimes the opponent program B also does not "know" how to play correctly so that B in fact loses instead of wins... King's Indian is an example for that. Look how the progs play with black, ugly and inaccurate. But sometimes win anyway... >or something else? Sure. Mis-evaluating positions, mis-evaluating transpositions (e.g. middlegame->endgame, rook+bishop-endgame -> bishop-endgame), wrong endgame handling etc. etc. >I have looked at a few SSDF games and it looks to me that #2 seems to be a huge >problem. While it may take 60-70 moves or more but it appears to me that the >Game's aren't lost amongst the best in the Ending or MiddleGame As much as the >first Couple of moves out of book. Can you give examples/numbers?
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