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Subject: Re: SSDF(Shredder 7.04 Classic - Fritz 8)A1200, 2-0, now 9-6

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 07:51:24 05/29/03

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On May 29, 2003 at 10:17:30, Tony Hedlund wrote:

>On May 29, 2003 at 05:06:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>I am starting to believe that a lot of the wins of Shredder are do to the good
>>learning and also the extremely optimized Opening Book of Shredder. The only
>>fair way to test the strength of any engine would be if the learning files of
>>the programs being tested are set to zero and to reverse the Opening books after
>>20 games are played between engines. For instance after this match reach 20
>>games the Shredder7.ctg should be applied to Fritz 8, and Fritz8.ctg should be
>>assigned to Shredder 7.04.
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>we are running Shredder 7.04 under the classical GUI as an UCI engine, using the
>shredder7.bkt book.
>
>Tony


In that case after the match reach 20 games it is only fair to disable the books
of both programs for the remaining of the match. Then we can compare if the
opening books is a factor and NOT the evaluation of the engines. This kind of
test will provide us with a lot of valuable data that we can use for comparison
such as: we can compare the margin of games that one program lose from playing
without a Killer book like shredder7.bkt or shrdder7.ctg and at the same time,
how effective the learning feature really is if the learning files of both
programs are set to zero or are disabled for the second half of the match.

Pichard





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