Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:22:37 01/05/99
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On January 05, 1999 at 22:01:26, Matthew Herman wrote: >How exactly are we supposed to use this? >Is it sorted by eco code? I have the 4000 or so positins in a database now but >wondering what to do with it. If you just want to look at the positions and see the suggested moves, you can try Manfred Rosenboom's excellent EPD viewers: http://www.rebel.nl/epd2diag.htm If you want to use the data, you could (for instance) use the data as a simple opening book. Do a lookup based on the EPD string and return the ce value and pv, for instance. The data is very preliminary right now, and is really just a foretaste of things to come. Before 1999 is finished, there will be millions of rows in the collection. The data will have been greatly refined. The most interesting thing to do with it right now (IMO) is to get the original pgn for the ECO classified openings, and compare the moves chosen in the standard openings verses the ones suggested by the computer. Especially interesting are the rows with ce's of large absolute value. Imagine that you are following a standard opening book ECO opening and suddenly find yourself down three pawns because of an unseen tactical oopsie. Very interesting to me is that the 'natural' choice is occasionally wrong, and by looking at the pv you can see why.
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