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Subject: Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs)

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:00:03 09/03/02

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On September 02, 2002 at 19:32:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On September 02, 2002 at 15:53:20, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On September 02, 2002 at 13:12:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>Yes.  but suppose the positional scores are +/= three pawns, as I have seen
>>>out of fritz?
>>
>>So...what's your point? What do the positional scores have to do with this?
>
>Where have you been during the discussion?
>
>To back up and repeat again...
>
>mtd(f) does poorly when an evaluation can produce a signficant "swing" in
>the score after only one more move is made on the PV.  IE a big variance
>due to king safety, pawn majorities and potentially won endgames, or whatever.

This isn't as much related to having big positional scores per se, but
to the stability of the evaluation. I'm pretty sure Fritz's evaluation
is rock solid.

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GCP

• Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Robert Hyatt 07:19:21 09/03/02
  • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Gian-Carlo Pascutto 07:22:45 09/03/02
    • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Robert Hyatt 08:21:53 09/03/02
      • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Gian-Carlo Pascutto 08:30:35 09/03/02
        • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Robert Hyatt 08:49:42 09/03/02
          • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Dave Gomboc 09:03:24 09/03/02
            • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Bo Persson 12:12:10 09/03/02
              • Re: developing Junior (and other pro programs) Robert Hyatt 13:18:24 09/03/02

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