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Subject: Re: What about Levy proposal ?

Author: Martin Slowik

Date: 23:47:17 06/28/05

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On June 28, 2005 at 20:22:22, Christos Gitsis wrote:

>On June 28, 2005 at 18:31:26, Amir wrote:
>
>>On June 28, 2005 at 18:20:26, Steve B wrote:
>>
>>>for my part,i would be interested in a match where the computer uses no opening
>>>book
>>>
>>>let the computer start thinking on its own from move one
>>>
>>>i am not saying this would make a big difference,perhaps it would,perhaps not,
>>>but i would find it of interest
>>>at least one match like this against a SuperGM
>>>
>>>this is a bit more interesting then simply giving the human odds of a pawn IMO
>>>
>>
>>Hydra onyl had 10 moves opening book so I don't think that is irrelevant. The
>>problem with zero moves book is that the comp would play exact same game (same
>>opening) every time. A small 10 moves book adds more variety.
>
>Hydra would not play the same opening in every game if it used learning.
>
>It would avoid a line, if it had led to a loss in a previous game.

It would avoid a move with a big drop in evaluation. A series of weak moves
would still lead to a position which could get exploited by the GM.

Another point is that you couldn't check if the programmer had implemented a
(small) book into the source code.

Steve: I don't think this idea is practicable at all.

Best,
Martin

P.S. Besides, I think we still have some time until things like that will be
necessary.



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