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Subject: Extreme Skepticism About Alleged "Better Settings" for CM5000/5500

Author: fca

Date: 09:49:58 08/09/98


For those who are less aware of what this thread (and several others in CCC) are
about, please check out Shep's fascinating site.  Here I quote the page:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/8448/chessindex2.html

from whence:

"the so-called "Walter-Pilz-settings" [W-P] (Att./Def. -4, Select. 10, Mat.Pos.
4, Mob. 103, King Saf. 170, Pawn Weakn. 125), plus my special piece values
[SPV](Queen 10, Rook 5.5, Bishop 3.5, Knight 3.3 - similar to MChess 7 which has
Knight=3.25). Standard opening book. [Supposedly stronger than CM 5500.]"

1. What statistical evidence is there to support the contention that these
settings produce better results than the default?  While I realise that it is
play against a variety of programs run on other computers that is the key here,
I report my own findings of W-P + SPV played in auto-tournaments against the
standard personality...  The standard wins, both at fast games and at less fast
games.

2. How were these settings arrived at?  :-)

Kind regards

fca



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