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Subject: Re: Evaluation Autotuning

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:51:51 06/29/04

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On June 29, 2004 at 13:13:19, Dan Honeycutt wrote:

>On June 29, 2004 at 12:34:40, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>On June 28, 2004 at 18:16:39, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>>
>>>On June 28, 2004 at 16:44:33, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 28, 2004 at 12:37:42, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 28, 2004 at 08:54:00, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>settings, and then N games with the new settings.  I am only really interested
>>>>>>in longer timecontrols: 20 min + on an Athlon 2.0G or so (70 min on P-650, etc),
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Why long time controls?  I thought you could test evaluation with shorter time
>>>>>controls, search needed longer (or varied) time controls.  Am I out in left
>>>>>field?
>>>>>
>>>>>Dan H.
>>>>
>>>>Do you believe the commercial authors at home only test at 1 0 level?
>>>
>>>No, but their situation is different than mine.  They have mature engines with
>>>evaluation values that are somewhere near right.  I've got a green engine with
>>>evaluation values that are junk.  I'm looking at short time control tests to get
>>>me headed in the right direction.  Got to walk before you run. :)
>>>
>>>Dan H.
>>
>>Why do you suggest it works for crafty to play 1 0?
>
>I never mentioned crafty. But same as the commercials - it's evaluation values
>are a lot more refined than mine.
>
>What do you recommend for someone like me starting from scratch?  Will short
>time control testing better my evaluation or do you think it's a waste of time?
>
>Dan H.

I think that short time control testing is good for everybody.

The question of Vincent was:

"Do you believe the commercial authors at home only test at 1 0 level?"

My answer is that I do not believe that they only test at 1 0 level but I also
do not believe that they do not use 1 0 level as part of their testings.

Uri



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