Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:41:48 10/22/98
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On October 22, 1998 at 17:14:19, Howard Exner wrote: >Has anyone tried this ... Running a 20 game blitz match with the same >program but labeling the one program A and the other B. So the first >game would for example have Crafty A vs. Crafty B. Then the match would >continue with Crafty B vs. Crafty A and so on. > >What would be the results after a 20 game match? What if many 20 >game matches were run like this? Could this tell us something about >the predictability of what 20 game match scores tell us? Since the >programs competing are dead equal one would suspect a 10 - 10 result. >I'm curious what might be the range of the match results. > >I tried a 10 game match like this a while ago using Rebel 8. >The results of Rebel A vs Rebel B was 6.5-3.5. > >If someone has data on this could they post it. I think that shows, without a doubt that rebel A is much stronger than rebel B ;-) [See my other rantings elsewhere]. I think this experiment is equally interesting to any other match. I also think that a program can be used to improve itself. It is also not at all unlikely that programs can think asymetrically. In other words, the algorithms change slightly for defense verses offense. Which brings up an interesting question... Should they?
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