Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 01:22:36 10/09/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 19:29:14, John Merlino wrote: >On October 08, 2002 at 18:54:17, Brian Thomas wrote: > >>>Why would you want to do this? Importing The King engine would be identical to >>>playing against the Chessmaster personality (assuming you did not specify any >>>specific personality settings), except you would have to deal with the OPK >>>number. >>> >>>Pretty much pointless.... >>> >>>jm >> >>Hi John, >> >>Yes, I realize it appears pointless, but 'on the side' I've been reading up on >>using winboard engines, how different engines compare, etc. Specifically I was >>going to put Fritz against CM, and other engines. But as a first step, I >>thought I'd take the King and make it play itself. The idea being that the >>Import should be able to at least draw itself. It seemed like a good starting >>place, and would help me figure out what settings affect engine performance. >>Obviously, I got something wrong off the start. >> >>If I didn't learn this, I'd make a mistake in say importing the King into Fritz >>with a winboard Converter, and ultimately get incorrect results. >> >>Brian > >You can accomplish this simply by making new personalities based on the >Chessmaster personality, and changing the settings that you are curious about. >There is no need to import The King engine. > >But, expecting that the imported version "should be able to at least draw >itself" is also rather strange. They would be the exact same engine (assuming >the same personality settings) so the test has no meaning. If you pit any engine >against itself, it is still somewhat possible to get a 7-3 or even an 8-2 score. >You would have to play at least 100 games to test this theory, and you can just >as easily do it by pitting Chessmaster against itself. > >jm You can compare this better if you used exactly the same starting point (Ofcourse when out of book.) If engine1 then looses game number 1 with White the next game should be The result should be the same so Engine number 2 looses game number 2 with White though there might be exeption Chessmaster might have learned something So if you would play 8 games the result should be about equal. Marc
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