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Dann Corbit · Post by **Dann Corbit** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:18 pm

Rolf · Post by **Rolf** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:23 pm

I will have to consult my lawyer, because it cannot be allowed that you again want to occupy my holidays. Ok, you argue I wouldnt need these games, but how do you know if I'm addicted to game collections?

beachknight · Post by **beachknight** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:05 am

Well done, Dann.

A bigger thank you.

Best,

playjunior · Post by **playjunior** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:10 am

Btw, anyone knows any data mining projects with chess? I mean not endgame tablebase mining but something that could be done on such game-databases?

Dann Corbit · Post by **Dann Corbit** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:54 am

playjunior wrote:Btw, anyone knows any data mining projects with chess? I mean not endgame tablebase mining but something that could be done on such game-databases?

The usefulness might be less than you think.

All of the games are rated games, but...
The vast majority of the games will be things like:

White: MightySnail Elo 1475
Black: FobbleSnoof Elo 1613

Dann Corbit · Post by **Dann Corbit** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:19 am

I should mention:
These games were originally collected by Marcel van Kervinck and the collection has been placed into the public domain.

Matthias Gemuh · Post by **Matthias Gemuh** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:14 am

Dann Corbit wrote:
All of the games are rated games, but...
The vast majority of the games will be things like:

White: MightySnail Elo 1475
Black: FobbleSnoof Elo 1613

Thanks, Dann.
I have always wanted to lay my hands on the games of MightySnail and FobbleSnoof !

.

lmader · Post by **lmader** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:31 am

Ahh, FobbleSnoof. She's the best.

playjunior · Post by **playjunior** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:02 am

Dann Corbit wrote:
playjunior wrote:Btw, anyone knows any data mining projects with chess? I mean not endgame tablebase mining but something that could be done on such game-databases?
The usefulness might be less than you think.

All of the games are rated games, but...
The vast majority of the games will be things like:

White: MightySnail Elo 1475
Black: FobbleSnoof Elo 1613

Imagine mining data and finding that, say, for lower rated players Knight > Bishop or that two bishops do not value as much as for higher rated players. Wouldn't this be interesting?

kasinp · Post by **kasinp** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 4:03 pm

playjunior wrote:
Dann Corbit wrote:
playjunior wrote:Btw, anyone knows any data mining projects with chess? I mean not endgame tablebase mining but something that could be done on such game-databases?
The usefulness might be less than you think.

All of the games are rated games, but...
The vast majority of the games will be things like:

White: MightySnail Elo 1475
Black: FobbleSnoof Elo 1613
Imagine mining data and finding that, say, for lower rated players Knight > Bishop or that two bishops do not value as much as for higher rated players. Wouldn't this be interesting?

I have always suspected that players below 1400 ELO underestimate the chronic weakness of the dark squares in the Winawer variation of the French. A conclusive study is now finally possible.

PK

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