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Another way of looking at it is that it would be inappropriate to give Stockfish an opening book but not AlphaZero, and I'm guessing the latter doesn't have one
by nilkn 9y ago
Another way of looking at it is that it would be inappropriate to give Stockfish an opening book but not AlphaZero, and I'm guessing the latter doesn't have one since that goes against its whole premise.
With that said, whether it's fair or not, I am curious to see how Stockfish with its opening book would compare to AlphaZero in its current state.
- Certhas 9y agoEdit: I just learned that things have changed quite a bit since I looked into computer chess more deeply, and Stockfish does actually not use a book. So they did play the default config. The below is thus completely off. -- These engines are built for results, not as technical demonstrators. You are testing the engine in a scenario that it was not built to cover. Opening books are not optional add ons for these engines, they mean that the heuristics are not tuned for early game, and no work is put into optimizing the evaluation in that phase of the game. If they could have beaten Stockfish in its default configuration (using book), they wouldn't have artificially weakened it, right?
- arcticfox 9y agoI'm very curious as well, as there's no way the AlphaZero team hasn't scrimmaged against full-power Stockfish. It seems suspicious that they decided to go with a gimped version.
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