This program looks cool but the one thing I really miss from Maven is being able to play it at less than perfect skill level. I was just wondering if this is something which is ggoing to be implemented or if there is allready a way to do it which I missed.
Thanks Mike lauradoodleuk wrote: > Here are the details I promised of my last (very badly played) > tournament. > > I would welcome comments on the discrepancies in the comparison, and > particularly on the large discrepancies in comparison of individual > moves. > > Adding the normal manually-calculated (from Maven suggestions) > endgame figures to the Quackle kibitzer figures up to but not > including the endgame, the comparisons look like this. > > Game 1) Maven sim 121 > Quackle kibitz 140 > > Game 2) Maven sim 131 > Quackle kibitz 124 > > Game 3) Maven sim 174 > Quackle kibitz 157 > > Game 4) Maven sim 149 > Quackle kibitz 118 > > Game 5) Maven sim 48 (so it wasn't all bad) > Quackle kibitz 20 > > Game 6) Maven sim 61 > Quackle kibitz 70 > > The averages over the 6 games are Maven 114, Quackle 105. > > What bothers me most is the discrepancy in some of the individual > move equity losses. > > Here are a few examples: > > Maven Quackle > 43 55 > 21 34 > 16 9 > 41 30 > 8 20 > 14 28 > 1 10 > 9 0 > 0 15 > 19 0 > > The suggestion was made on UK-S that it is not necessary to sim > every move and that experience should be enough to tell you which 2 > or 3 moves need simming. In response to that I posted the following > details of my fifth game at Shipley last Sunday, v Darryl Francis. > I asked, "Without reference to anything but the Quackle kibitzer, > which moves would you consider it necessary to sim?" > > > Darryl Pete > Change 5 - 0 0 ALRRUWZ LUZ G8a 24 24 > QUIVER H7d 19 19 ARRWIED QUIVERIER H7d 63 87 > TREACLY F11a 24 43 ADRWAOO AROW L12a 32 119 > ICY J10d 10 53 ADGINOR ORGANDIE A14a 78 197 > MOOI A12d 27 80 BEIMNTT WEMB O12d 33 230 > SPOUSInG C7d 74 154 INTTOGN INGOT D8d 30 260 > AXIL F13a 40 194 NTBANTE BANT E5d 17 277 > aDVANCE B2d 88 282 ENTSANE NONE N11d 18 295 > FaTED A1a 27 309 AESTPEE PEE A7d 20 315 > VOGUE B3a 18 327 AESTJSW JEW F2d 29 344 > HO F6d 28 355 AESSTAI SETA G3d 27 371 > REF M12d 26 381 ADEIIRS DI H4d 16 387 > KO A4d 24 405 AEIRS ARISE I1d 17 404 > - HAULT -8 397 +8 412 > > The suggested response was the first move, the third and maybe one > or two more. > > Here is the move-by-move comparison of a Maven sim and a Quackle > kibitz. > > Maven sim Quackle kibitz > LUZ Best Best > QUIVERIER Best Best > AROW Best Best > ORGANDIE Best Best > WEMB Best Best > INGOT Best Best > BANT -5.82 -5.6 > NONE -9.46 -3.8 > PEE Best -2.6 > JEW -6.26 Best > SETA -18.57 Best > > Endgame moves (manual calculation) > DI -8.0 > ARISE Best > > My contention is that the kibitzers of both Maven and Quackle are > not reliable enough for us to accept their estimates without > simming. It would be interesting to see a comparison of a Maven sim > with a Quackle sim. 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