http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/v ... 0297cb64af
Currently (after 180.000 games) it is 3.1 +- 1.0.
So the common wisdom that contempt cannot possibly work in self-play (an opinion that has been voiced by many people, including myself) seems to have been soundly refuted.... At least for SF.
Now one has to understand this....
Elo measurement of contempt in SF in self-play.
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Michel
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Elo measurement of contempt in SF in self-play.
Ideas=science. Simplification=engineering.
Without ideas there is nothing to simplify.
Without ideas there is nothing to simplify.
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lucasart
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Re: Elo measurement of contempt in SF in self-play.
The test is bogus. See my comment on the diff.Michel wrote:http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/v ... 0297cb64af
Currently (after 180.000 games) it is 3.1 +- 1.0.
So the common wisdom that contempt cannot possibly work in self-play (an opinion that has been voiced by many people, including myself) seems to have been soundly refuted.... At least for SF.
Now one has to understand this....
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.