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Subject: Duplicates test...

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 11:31:02 03/08/04

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On March 08, 2004 at 04:32:22, Andrew Williams wrote:

>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 ended the match when I got back from work this evening. There were a total of
607 games and the final score was:

newpreferred +341 -134 =232

I tested for duplicates and found none.

Over the next few days, I'll be running some tests vs engines which are similar
in strength to PM to see what happens!

Andrew



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