Quoting Mark Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 3-mrt-08, at 18:43, Don Dailey wrote:
I base that logic on my observations that once the score goes below 10%
for Lazarus, it is losing. It's extremely rare that it salvages a game
once the score goes below even 20%.
In which case I could argue that attempts at winning by playing
'silly' moves are not working either. It hardly seems like an argument
supporting your position. It may in fact make things worse. This is a
feeling I get when I see MC programs play, as soon as one falls behind
the loss is made irreversible by some extremely silly moves. But this
is more the case early in the game, not by the end of the game.
The behavior of Valkyria as I see it is that it actually plays
patiently up to the point where it knows for sure it has lost. When
this happens it actually plays moves that makes the game as long as
possible. These moves may look completely crazy, sometime it is just
odd forcing moves. Against weaker programs this works quite often, and
against stronger programs of course rarely.
Often when I investigate "bad moves" in the endgame, it is clear that
"normal" moves would had simplified the game and end in a clear loss.
In those situations Valkyria should have started playing crazy even
earlier.
Also my impression is that MC-programs always plays "better" moves to
a human eye if it searches deeper even in lost positions. It might
still be crazy moves but better crazy moves.
For me it feels like a waste of time experimenting with playing style
in the end of the game of lost positions. At least it comes really low
on my priority list.
-Magnus
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