Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 12:46:03 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 15:25:35, Amir Ban wrote: >I last ran it at 10 minutes average per position two weeks ago and didn't find >ANY solution. I used to find the solution to find the solution to #1 in 1-2 >minutes, but don't anymore, due to evaluation changes. > >The meaning of all this is not clear. I'm certainly doing worse than you, and >while I never ran these positions for hours, I'm sure I'll do worse than DT. But >on this first position I used to do better than you, and 300 times better than >DT, so what does it mean ? > >While the Nolot positions are interesting, I'd still like to know if DT/DB ever >showed tactical superiority over micros in actual play. There is one move (c4 >vs. Fritz3) where it was shown to be inferior to micros, or at least to several >of them. Fair questions. All of the other evidence I have seen has been anecdotal. There is the case where Bob said that DT returned +2 or something against Cray Blitz. I tried that one for a long time and never got anywhere near +2. I might be able to dig up the FEN for that. But I don't know of published cases other than these Nolot tests where we have difficult tactical shots, and times taken to find solutions. I don't say that they don't exist, but if they do I haven't seen them dissected out and presented with any degree of rigor. bruce
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