Author: Paul Richards
Date: 17:27:02 06/21/99
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On June 21, 1999 at 14:02:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >I have gone over all the pathways calculated in C.A.P. for the position in >question (the one I thought was a blunder at first blush). It turns out that by >examining the results at subsequent plies you can find better alternatives. >This points to (I think) the necessity of doing the "connect the dots" >experiment. It also has generated a fascinating hypothesis of mine, which is >"The Chess Analysis Project will reinvent all the great chess openings by post >processing." >And a corollary: >"The Chess Analysis Project will invent new openings superior to any in >existance." Had to change the title. :) By the first hypothesis do you mean you will simply rediscover what is accepted opening theory? Or that you will determine which lines are soundest? How exactly does this sort of solving work anyway? I mean, I can see it in general terms, but I'm not sure of the details. Suppose you're at a certain position, and you see that you have five moves from that point in your database. They have centipawn values of +50, -75, +123, +64, and +10 for the side on move. What is the value of your current position? An average? If you assume that your opponent makes the best move then I suppose the value must be the least, or -75 in this case. If you apply this to each point in the database, you should develop long variations based on this "least" (best move for the other guy) value at each point. Is that about right? And does it matter where you start, or can you locate the "ends" of each variation? Then you have to consider how to add new data into a "solved" database. Or make a correction. Suppose you do a longer analysis and a new point has the least value. I suppose each point can have a "raw" original data value and a "solved" value, both of which could be updated as needed. Interesting stuff anyway.
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