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Subject: Re: More CM 6000 settings tests.

Author: blass uri

Date: 07:36:17 12/10/98

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On December 10, 1998 at 09:13:52, Dan Kiski wrote:

>On December 10, 1998 at 08:44:29, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On December 10, 1998 at 08:34:29, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>So are You testing with random openings. If yes I think 14 games is almost
>>>meaningless!
>>
>>It is not just 14 games. I am running the same settings as other people that are
>>posting here. *To add to the game count*.
>>
>>I could not run any more games then what I did for this testing. This was the
>>limit for CM at one time. And if you read my post, I am running more games with
>>the same settings.
>>
>>SO IT IS NOT MEANINGLESS!!!
>
>As I already stated I agree meaningless, the nunn positions as a start basis
>should be utilized, since opening books are so large and any results over 14
>games could be only based on opening advantage.
>
>Dan Kiski

It is possible that one setting is better at the nunn test but not best at
games.

I think that the best way is to do a symmetric test(after every game the same
opening with colours reversed) but not the nunn test.

You can use the opening book of the computers to choose the beginning
positions.

Uri



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