On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Jason House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:10 AM, "Álvaro Begué" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:40 AM, Rémi Coulom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Rybka 3 has Monte-Carlo evaluation: >>> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4772 >> >> If I understand the release note correctly, Monte Carlo Analysis is >> something like a feature of the GUI for analyzing a position and >> giving statistics back to the user, not part of the evaluation >> function used in the search. > > It also mentions a recent strength gain of 80 ELO. I would not be surprised > if they added MC to influence the search.
Well, I would be. I was a chess programmer for years before I started toying with go, and I can't believe there is any chance of MC having anything to do with the improved strength. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
