On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 03:45:47PM +0100, Stefan Kaitschick wrote:
> Last move info is a strange beast, isn't it? I mean, except for ko
> captures, it doesn't really add information to the position. The correct
> prediction rate is such an obvious metric, but maybe prediction shouldn't
> be improved at any price. To a certain degree, last move info is a kind of
> self-delusion. A predictor that does well without it should be a lot more
> robust, even if the percentages are poorer.
Let's be pragmatic - humans heavily use the information about the last
move too. If they take a while, they don't need to know the last move
of the opponent when reviewing a position, but when reading a tactical
sequence the previous move in the sequence is essential piece of
information.
--
Petr Baudis
If you do not work on an important problem, it's unlikely
you'll do important work. -- R. Hamming
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html
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