Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:53:26 06/29/04
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On June 29, 2004 at 15:34:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On June 29, 2004 at 13:51:51, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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. > >Why do you not believe that they do not use 1 0 time control as part of their >testing? because I think that testing at 1 0 can reveal some information very fast(for example if there is a bug and the program can crash because of some change) I also think that watching fast games can also help to detect if the program has bugs in the evaluation because you can look not only in the moves but also in the evaluation. Uri
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