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[Rodolfo Leoni]

This test is being run on 100 games, 1+1 TCs, 1 CPU and ponder off with this thematic position, where both white and black can blunder:

r1b1kb1r/2q2p1p/p2p1P2/2nP4/1p1N4/5Q2/PPP4P/2KR1BR1 b kq - 3 1

The opponent is Houdini 1.5a, which has no learning features.

Critter uses a 32 MB session file, strategy=score, resolve score drops checked on. This is Critter progression after 70 games:

1: Critter_1.4_64bit_sse4 36.5/70 0==0===00=00=000=0101=101010101011=110=1111====0100=1=1=1=1===1=1=1===

I had time to watch only first few games, and I got the impression of a wrong (or too fast) backwards propagation. Critter was making some silly moves as a consequence, so we have +0 -10 =8 in first 18 games.

Test is going on. After that, I'll try to turn "resolve score drops" off, then I'll try the depth strategy option.
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Rodolfo (The Baron Team)