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slopinthebagyesterday at 9:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

Stockfish's power comes from mostly search, and the ML techniques it uses are mainly about better search, i.e. pruning branches more efficiently.


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vatsachakyesterday at 9:37 PM

The weights must still have some understanding of the chess board. Though there is always the chance that it makes no sense to us

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Sopelyesterday at 9:51 PM

The ML techniques it uses are only about evaluation, but you were close