Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 01:32:22 03/08/04
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On March 08, 2004 at 02:50:56, Peter Berger wrote: >On March 07, 2004 at 16:46:28, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>improvedpreferred 108.5 - 61.5 standardpreferred >> >>The previous match score was 158 - 119 standardpreferred before I stopped it. >> >>I would NEVER have imagined a result like it, and it has been VERY easy to do >>this. > > >Doesn't this sound a little too good to be true actually ? > >It might be worth to have a closer look at the game statistics. I fear there >might be just one or two lines were the new preferred book outperforms the old >one badly, and they get repeated often in selfplay as you have no learner. > I checked the first match for duplicates and there were none. I'll have to test the second one when I get back. Remember, I have the huge book to fall back upon. I also have some time randomization just after the end of the book. >I wonder if you get a similar result when testing against another engine with a >reasonable and reasonably wide book, or better a range of opponents. > >Peter That is the next step of course. Andrew
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