Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 07:06:14 09/23/02
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You forgot to quote my name, Graham! gg Rolf Tueschen On September 23, 2002 at 09:29:16, Graham Laight wrote: >Ruffian outclassed the opposition quickly and easily by abandonning the current >computer chess paradigm, and going for a new one. > >It is built from off the shelf computing components selected for their speed. > >When faced with a position to evaluate, it searches it's database of closely >matching positions "in memory", and gives each one a score depending on how >closely it matches the current position. In the record for the best matching >position is an evaluation function, which is not a list of formulae like >conventional programs, but a neural network, built with an "off the shelf" >neural network package. Each neural network will have been both highly trained >and tuned using a commercially available genetic algorithm program. > >Hence the training of the evaluation is refined in a MASSIVELY more >sophisticated way than the evaluation of a traditional programme. > >Result? > >A markedly better program, built quickly, simply and easily. > >Extra ingredient - imagination. > >-g > >On September 23, 2002 at 08:00:18, pavel wrote: > >>Now let me raise the question again. >> >>Q| Is it possible to write a chess program in such a short time (and not even >>visit this, or other, forum) that would play, atleast, at the par of some >>commercial engines? >> >>Answer: Ruffian! >> >>cheers, >>pavs >> >>ps, Uri, you can safely download it, I checked, there is no virus attached to >>it. ;)
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