Re: TCEC season 13, 2 NN engines will be participating, Leela and Deus X
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:05 am
I don't agree. One uses supervised learning, another reinforcement learning. They will play completely different chess. Also, as the 2 groups (main and test) seem to stall at significantly below A0 level (even if put on the same hardware), supervised learning is worth give a try. I hope this Deus X wins the TCEC, and all these discussions will be put to rest.jkiliani wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:59 pmI agree, it seems rather difficult to me to justify allowing Deus X while not letting developers of other strong engines enter clones with changed parameters under a new name. Let's see how TCEC spins this once the complaints to this move start coming in...CMCanavessi wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:35 pm I think this move may backfire and will hurt TCEC more than it will do good. People are not stupid and want diversity, not 32 clones of SF. Deus X will use lc0 with a custom net. Shouldn't be allowed imho.
For Season 13, it seems the decision is made, but for the season after this they'll have to come up with a new set of rules and follow it consistently.