Author: chandler yergin
Date: 15:03:57 01/16/05
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On January 16, 2005 at 17:41:03, Jason Kent wrote: >Chandler, > >Feeding the correct move to the engine defeats the purpose of the test. It is >kind of like looking at the answers to your math test before taking it. > >Jason You are NOT "FEEDING" it. Read the Manual! The Analysis Module has the Capability of Generating ONE pV "OR" Many pV's at the same time. What does a Master do when looking at a position? He considers ALL reasonable "Candidate" moves... The Computer is doing this already.... has done it almost instantly. It has already 'searched' and found ALL the Possible moves in a position. BY using Multiple Lines you are 'seeing' what the Program has already seen. You are seeing what the Computer considers the 2nd, best, 3rd best etc.. There is no need to go further... The 'mistake' I think you and others are making, is that you think multiple lines are "Options" from the 1st pV, rather than what they actually ARE. They are Separate & Distinct Primary Variations in their own right. When you have ONLY the one pV showing, it of course is the best move the Computer has found at that point... it searches that in depth. An example recently about a Test Position of 4..Nxe4 The 1st pV was 4...a3 and it focused on that for hours. It wasn't that the Engine didn't find it; it found 4...Nxe4 in a few seconds. Using Multiple Lines.. it was obvious, and also obvious that at that time, it did not consider 4...Nxe4 as the best move. When the pV shows the Best Line.. then focus on that pV Decrease the Lines... NO information is lost, the Scroll now gives the time of search, depth of search, Nodes, TB'S evaluated etc. etc.. for the main line. You can Clip the analysis and paste.. no problem. Well I think I'm talking to a Wall. I am a PLayer, and I want to understand the position! The Program is a Tool, nothing more... Programs make some DUMB Moves, as I have demonstrated. With Multiple Lines.. often you can see why.
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