Author: Tony Werten
Date: 07:46:44 10/21/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 09:43:57, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 08:05:54, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On October 21, 2002 at 03:48:05, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >> >>>On October 21, 2002 at 02:27:01, Tony Werten wrote: >>> >>>You don't know if your improvement is worth 200 elopoints, >>>therefore you need to test it thoroughly first :-) >> >>Test it ? You mean like play against other programs ? Then what have I been >>doing this weekend ? >> >>Tony > >1)If you have a real big improvement of 200 elo you can test it and get >conclusions in relatively a short time. 200, yes. In Ants case it's a real shame they didn't find out before the tournement. ( that was a 200 or more difference ) > >The main problem is when you believe that the improvement is 20-30 elo. >In this case it is better to use an old version. For amateurs I disagree. Improving your program should be more important than playing it safe. If I "feel" something is an improvement ( I like the playing style, doesn't score too much worse on test positions ) I will play with it in a tournement. If I get killed, well, shit happens. > >If the idea how to improve your program by 200 elo is something that you >implemented only in the last minute(less than 24 hours before the tournament) >then it is better not to use it before you test it and delay the use of it for >the second part of the tournament when you have time to test. > >24 hours are enough to get 8 games at 90 minutes per game and if you get 6-2 >result against a program at similiar level to your previous version then you can >be at least sure that the new version is not significantly weaker at the time >control of the tournament. > > >2)I have a question. > >Is there a chance that we are going to see Xinix or Diep(you can answer only for >xinix) in the WBEC tournament of Leo. XiniX is capable of the basic WB functions. But for full support I need more time. And time is the thing I don't have a lot. Full WB support is not an urgent point. > >In the first division there are strong programs like >Ruffian,Gandalf,Yace,Nimzo2000 > >Vincent claimed that Diep beated Nimzo98 10-0. Diep is stronger than XiniX. Don't know about the strength of Nimzo. It could be that Diep likes the playing style of Nimzo. I know it doesn't like XiniX' playing style. XiniX doesn't like Tao, ANT doesn't like XiniX. Kind of angstgegners. That means that in matches strange things can happen. Tony >If that is the case then he can participate in WBEC and score clearly better >than Nimzo2000 because I believe that Nimzo2000 is not significantly better than >nimzo98. > >Uri
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