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Subject: Re: EPD book question

Author: Joshua Haglund

Date: 19:26:54 09/28/05

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On September 27, 2005 at 16:47:58, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 27, 2005 at 02:21:08, Marc Lacrosse wrote:
>
>>On September 26, 2005 at 20:00:56, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On September 26, 2005 at 19:10:39, Andres Valverde wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I am building a book file for my little engine. It consist in a text files with
>>>>lines like this :
>>>>
>>>>rr4k1/3nppbp/5np1/q1pPN3/8/2N3PP/PP3PK1/R1BQR3 b - - c0:d7e5 ce:50
>>>>rr4k1/3nppbp/3p1np1/q1pPP3/8/2N2NPP/PP3PK1/R1BQR3 b - - c0:d6e5 ce:50
>>>>rr4k1/3nppbp/3p1np1/q1pP4/4P3/2N2NPP/PP3PK1/R1BQR3 w - - c0:e4e5 ce:50
>>>>rr4k1/2qnbppp/p2pb3/1p2p1Pn/4P2P/1NN1BP2/PPP2Q2/1K1R1B1R w - - c0:f3f4 ce:50
>>>>rqb2rk1/pp2bppp/2nppn2/1N6/4PP2/2N1B3/PPP1B1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - c0:a2a4 ce:50
>>>>rqb1kbnr/pp1ppppp/2n5/1N6/4P3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - c0:f1d3 ce:50
>>>>rqb1kbnr/pp1ppppp/2n5/1N6/4P3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - c0:c2c4 ce:33
>>>>.....
>>>>
>>>>The EPD lines are extracted from PGN files and the "ce:x" code is the % scored
>>>>by side to play. The question is: what is the best opcode for the move? "bm:"?
>>>>"cO" as a comment. I would like to make books that other people could read/write
>>>>with any EPD tool.
>>>
>>>I would use pm (predicted move) unless there is a move that your engine cannot
>>>calculate and you know to be superior -- in that case use bm.
>>
>>Hi Dann,
>>
>>I am not to familiar with EPDs.
>>Is there a way to store a position with multiple evaluations through opcodes
>>(not only one single pm or bm)?
>>
>>I think :
>>1. the position plus
>>2. Shredder - depth 15 (or time 300) - bm e2e4 - eval 0.55 - second bm d2d4 plus
>>3. Fruit - depth 15 - bm d2d4 - ...
>>
>>all in one single line, and so on for each position.
>>
>>and in case it's possible, do you know a program which is able to read and/or
>>produce such data ?
>
>You can do that, but it will require more than one EPD record.  Simply record
>the pm and ce for each new instance.

You could also hash the whole file instead of reading it.

Joshua Haglund
toneewa@yahoo.com



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