Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 22:22:31 10/20/05
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On October 20, 2005 at 18:17:49, Thomas Logan wrote:
>On October 20, 2005 at 17:44:10, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>
>>On October 20, 2005 at 13:26:32, Thomas Logan wrote:
>>
>>>Anyone know how Shredders position learning works
>>>
>>>questions, wuestions, questions
>>>
>>>Is it updated every game ?
>>>
>>>Does it continue getting larger and larger ?
>>>
>>>Is it ever reset ?
>>>
>>>Is it opponent sensitive ?
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>I can´t answer your question but a few programs like Shredder and Nimzo for
>>example plays different in the same opening (after the book) and seldom repeats
>>the same moves even if it was a win (hash influence?). Occasitonaly I have seen
>>the same opening 3-4 times in the same match but Shredder or Nimzo often are the
>>first to pick another line.
>>
>>Bertil
>
>Hi
>
>I can say I have seen very little repeat positions in my own shredder fruit
>matches
>
>So book and and positions learning has not created repetitious games as some may
>have feared
>
>Tom
Hi Tom
We seldom use the engines own books in our tests. But
if we do, learning is usually deactived. And even then
it almost never happens that openings and moves are
repeated with the exception of Junior and The King.
In my opinion the influence of learning features is
much overestimated.
Regards
Kurt
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