Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:08:31 10/08/03
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On October 08, 2003 at 10:38:55, Steve Maughan wrote:
>Christophe,
>
>Thanks for the reply.
>
>>I needed more flexibility in order to be able to add knowledge without slowing
>>the program down. In other words in the new version the NPS and the amount of
>>knowledge have nothing to do with each other. The new version will be at the
>>same time faster and have a lot more knowledge than previous versions.
>
>[...]
>
>>The current version retains all the knowledge of CT15. But this knowledge is
>>now significantly out of sync with the new concepts, so it needs some work,
>>and I plan to improve it drastically - that's what the rewrite is all about.
>>
>>Anyway, from now on it does not make any sense anymore to look at the NPS and
>>conclude anything about the amount of knowledge in the program.
>
>Interesting... the only other place I've heard this type of statement is in the
>Brutus article. Are you moving away from your array based representation of the
>board?
My board representation has not changed.
> Also, an interesting comment about being "out of sync" since with most
>chess evaluation routines this isn't a problem, which I guess implies that
>you're doing something quite different.
I'm doing something different from what I was doing previously.
I don't know if I'm doing it differently from my competitors.
> Do you regard this re-write as a
>potential long-term breakthrough?
Naturally, or else I would not bother rewriting my program! :)
Christophe
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