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Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 4 August 2014, at 5:17 p.m.

In Response To: Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots (neilkaz)

Score makes a difference.

Let me make it clear what I'm saying here. I'm saying that XG 3-ply's error rate is higher in this sort of position than it is in general. Previously, I made that claim with zero supporting evidence. I thought that someone might want to see an example, so I posted an example that I happened to run across recently. In this particular example, XG 3-ply happens to prefer the donkey play by only a very small margin ATS. So it's no surprise that you can get it to change its mind by making almost any change to the position. But that's not really the point. The point is that XG 3-ply's understanding of this position and others like it is poor. If you want to, you can easily spend ten minutes and come up with other examples.

Messages In This Thread

• Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 3 August 2014, at 5:19 p.m.
  • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 August 2014, at 5:47 p.m.
    • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 August 2014, at 5:51 p.m.
      • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 3 August 2014, at 6:19 p.m.
  • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
    neilkaz -- Monday, 4 August 2014, at 12:03 a.m.
    • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
      Dmitriy Obukhov -- Monday, 4 August 2014, at 12:58 a.m.
    • Nack asked if XG makes slightly unsound shifts and multiple slots
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 4 August 2014, at 5:17 p.m.