Stockfish 8 vs Alpha Zero playing conditions.

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Stockfish with no opening book.

Poll ended at Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:20 am

The results would have mattered more is SF 8 had a decent opening book.
9
64%
The 1 minute time frame was enough to overcome the lack of an opening book.
3
21%
I dont want to vote for either choice.
2
14%
 
Total votes: 14
Leo
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Stockfish 8 vs Alpha Zero playing conditions.

Post by Leo »

Stockfish 8 vs Alpha Zero playing conditions.
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shrapnel
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Re: Stockfish 8 vs Alpha Zero playing conditions.

Post by shrapnel »

Considering that AlphaZero also didn't use an Opening Book didn't enter the equation for die-hard Stockfish fans !
Loser's Poll.
Why not start a Poll listing all the excuses for Stockfish turning into fish stock, to select the best excuse ?
That would be more suitable for your purposes. :lol:
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Dirt
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Re: Stockfish 8 vs Alpha Zero playing conditions.

Post by Dirt »

shrapnel wrote:Why not start a Poll listing all the excuses for Stockfish turning into fish stock, to select the best excuse?
Yeah, we already had a better poll with better choices. It showed the membership was equally divided. This poll is redundant.
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