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Subject: Re: Nunn test

Author: Frank Schubert

Date: 02:12:31 11/10/99

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On November 09, 1999 at 10:42:37, blass uri wrote:

>On November 09, 1999 at 10:27:38, Frank Schubert wrote:
>
><snipped>
>>If you want to tune a program for a single opening position then you must know
>>what is the right way (i.e. the BEST way) to handle this position. In all
>>Nunn positions opening theory doesn't give a clear answer to this question
>>and therefore tuning cannot be effective.
>
>You do not have to know the best way to handle the nunn positions.
>It is enough to know to handle them better than the opponent.
>
>Uri


But there are many opponents. And if the program handles the Nunn positions
better than most of its opponents then the program should be better than these
opponents in general. But who knows ?
Let's finish our discussion with the conclusion that maybe it is not absolutely
impossible to tune a program for the Nunn positions but it is not clear for me
how to do that in a straight-forward way. A good adjustment against opponent B
can be a bad one against opponent C.

Frank




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