Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 12:36:09 01/10/06
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On January 10, 2006 at 14:45:35, Joachim Rang wrote: >On January 10, 2006 at 14:28:10, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>On January 10, 2006 at 14:15:40, Joachim Rang wrote: >> >>>[...] I would be curious how your statistic would look >>>like for the Comp2005 from Walter Eigenmann. The Comp2005 contains 350.000 >>>computer games only since 2000 and only for longer time controls. If you like >>>you can have a look: >>> >>>http://www.beepworld.de/members38/eigenmann/comp2005.htm >> >>Are these games available in PGN format? >> >>As I had mentioned, I'd be careful, to judge the usefulness of TBs from engine >>games. Many engines don't resign (early) - of course often depending on the >>specific setup used. >> >>Regards, >>Dieter > >Hi Dieter, > >not available in PGN. But I will convert them in PGN and ask Walter whether he >would like them to offer in PGNs as well. > >Well I'm not so sure what is better. I know that in comp-comp-games engines >might not resign and therefore play out an ending in which humans would have >agreed to a draw or resigned. OTOH comp-comp-games show which 6-men really occur >in comp-comp-games. It might well be possible that humans shun different >6-men-combinations since they can't play them or who knows. If an engine is lost >I expect that mate is delivered in most cases before 6-men are reached. I >suppose most 6-men in comp-comp-games are long drawn games played down to very >few pieces. It would be interesting to see whether games which reached >6-men-status have a higher draw percentage. > >Joachim I would agree with your guess about humans avoiding certain endings because they are uncomfortable with them... During my analysis I came across many positions (including players like Kasparov, Karpov, Kortchnoi) where outcome was NOT optimal according to TBs. If they can't do it, why would a mere mortal bother? :-) PK
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