Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 20:08:19 09/11/02
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On September 11, 2002 at 16:28:37, martin fierz wrote: >On September 11, 2002 at 07:23:38, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On September 10, 2002 at 17:03:26, martin fierz wrote: >> >>>if you want to compare, only if you do it properly - so only if i get the >>>logfile afterwards :-) >>>and i hope you realize that even with the logfile, comparing one position is >>>rather meaningless. >> >>It's not my program, I can't make such a guarantee! But he is having a party on >>Saturday, so if I have a position I can bug him a bit to get him to log in and >>run it... >> >>Yes, I know that comparing one position is meaningless. >> >>Dave > >4-8 about 3 moves after 11-15 in the game is the real mistake. 4-8 wins the man >but loses. any normal checkers program should want to play 4-8 for a while, and >if it's good, it should switch away from 4-8 after some time. the position is >rather complicated, so you should make sure that it doesn't switch back. i've >changed a couple of things in cake after LV to make it find this faster, which >it does, but it still needs a lot of time :-( >just try glancing over schaeffer's shoulder to see when it switches to a better >move :-) > >aloha > martin Okay, I will try. :-) So are you saying that once you take the checker you're toast? Like a forced loss? Or are there drawing resources later, but it's just that taking the checker is quite a bad move? And what should it play instead of 4-8? Presumably not any move will do? Dave
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