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Subject: Re: Linear Increase in Elo Rating With Depth (Revisited)

Author: Mark Taylor

Date: 09:55:10 02/03/00

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On February 01, 2000 at 03:40:58, Michael Neish wrote:

>Is there anything wrong with gathering data in this way?  Since I'm testing a
>program against itself, I wonder whether the fact that both sides think in the
>same way (albeit to a different depth) can skew the results somehow.  Would it
>be better if I chose two different personalities for the same program?

I would suggest that if you wish isolate the effect search depth alone has,
keeping other factors out of the equation, you *definitely" want to play the
same program (and same "personality") against itself.

Mark.




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