Author: Mark Rawlings
Date: 18:24:59 08/30/02
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>my experiments with book/non-book in checkers (usually 288 games per match) say >the same: at long time controls, the difference is larger, if i look at the >ratio of wins/losses. in checkers its hard to define what is better - would you >rather lose a 288 game match with 40-20 or with 10-0? i'd say losing 10-0 is >worse, although the difference in wins is smaller. with fast time controls, what >happens is that the error frequency of both programs is high, so even if one has >a book and regularly achieves comfortable positions, it will lose games because >it makes errors. at long time controls, checkers programs play close to perfect, >and then the program with a good book nearly never loses a game, and the >win/loss ratio goes way up. > >aloha > martin Hi Martin- Slightly different subject here, but in the Las Vegas checkers tournament, your program lost a few games. Did you figure out what the losing moves were and then run cake for a long analysis? I was wondering if these positions were too deep for the programs to see. Thanks, Mark
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