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Subject: Re: Feng-Hsiung Hsu's talk at Microsoft

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 15:10:30 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 17:19:39, Angrim wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 16:28:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>OK.   I have a quad free and am playing two games at a time using two copies of
>>xboard,
>>one crafty has normal null-move (2/3) the other has none (sel=0/0).  I will
>>report as I get
>>results...
>
>I have noted before that the effects of a change tend to be greatly
>amplified when tested with self-play.  If null move is worth even
>100 points in play vs a mix of other opponents, I would expect the
>results from your test to show at least 200 points improvement.
>
>Angrim


Also, self-play can lead to blindness...




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