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Subject: Re: Order of the Phoenix

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 22:35:48 04/22/05

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On April 22, 2005 at 21:04:16, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On April 22, 2005 at 20:49:40, Dan Honeycutt wrote:
>
>>In the spat further down the page between Chandler and Terry, Chandler makes the
>>statement:
>>
>>"The PV evals are static positional values, and meaningless unless a Mate is
>>found."
>>
>>In support of Chandler, I have seen engines evaluate themselves as +3 and wind
>>up drawing or even losing the game.  Giving equal time to Terry, it seldom
>>happens and, off the top of my head, I can't recall seeing a top engine score
>>itself +4 or better and fail to win the game.
>>
>>Perhaps other members can supply some instances.  Membership in the Order of the
>>Phoenix goes to the most impressive comebacks.
>>
>>Best
>>Dan H.
>
>I have seen +6 or 7 and and the engine then lose.   Very , rare and I don't have
>examples to show.  I think it may harder with today's engines and fast
>processors -- my recollections are going back to the 90's and perhaps beyond.


I've seen an engine scoring +4.8 failing to win the game and it was one of the
currently available top engines.

Graham.



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