Author: Matthias Gemuh
Date: 15:29:09 05/31/04
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On May 31, 2004 at 15:08:51, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 31, 2004 at 13:41:39, Miroslav Nikolic wrote: > >>Hardware: PIII 800MHz, 256Mb RAM >>OS: Windows Xp >>GUI: Chessprogram8 (Fritz 8) >>Tournament: 10x8x40min, round robin, 8 rounds >>Time control: 40'/40, 40'/40 + 40' (rest) >>Hash: 32 MB >>Ponder: off >>Resign: on >>Tablebase: Nalimov 4-pieces >>TB Cache : 6 MB >>Book used: DeepFritz7.ctg for Deep Fritz, H8 for Hiarcs, Select.ctg (by me) >>for others >>Book learning: off > > >Just a question: Why would you want to turn off a part of a chess program that >is not easy to develop in the first place? IE book learning is a part of many >engines. Turning it off makes no sense to me... any more than turning off >passed pawn evaluation or selective search capabilities... > > Strange logic ! How can one compare book learning with passed pawn evaluation or selective search ? To make sure that the outcome of a tournament does not depend on order of opponents, book learning has to be switched off. This cannot be said of passed pawn evaluation or selective search. IE to learn against A and use that knowledge to kill B leads to a different outcome than to learn against B and use that knowledge to kill A ! What has this got to do with passed pawn evaluation or selective search ? /Matthias.
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