[patroclo]

New version to download

[nige1]

patroclo, on 2014-January-09, 10:42, said:

New version to download

bridgez which uses a web-version is entertaining. In tournaments, bots (wbridge5, Jack, and so on) outperform humans.

[paulg]

nige1, on 2014-February-13, 18:14, said:

bridgez which uses a web-version is entertaining. In tournaments, bots (wbridge5, Jack, and so on) outperform humans.

The first reason for this is that humans have to play with the wbridge5 robot and few understand its full bidding system and carding methods. However the other robots partner themselves and defend against themselves, for example Jack plays all four hands. So the robots know the system and are far less likely to have a bidding misunderstanding or defensive disaster.

The second reason is that they are better than most humans.

[nige1]

paulg, on 2014-February-14, 02:13, said:

The first reason for this is that humans have to play with the wbridge5 robot and few understand its full bidding system and carding methods. However the other robots partner themselves and defend against themselves, for example Jack plays all four hands. So the robots know the system and are far less likely to have a bidding misunderstanding or defensive disaster.
The second reason is that they are better than most humans.

Thank you Paulg for that eye-opener. I imagined that Wbridge5 played 2 or 3 of the hands. It seems strange that Jack is allowed to play all 4 hands. Presumably NS bots are set to a higher skill level than EW bots. Otherwise, since about half of the deals are defensive problems, it would be hard for Jack to achieve such a high match-point percentage

[Scarabin]

nige1, on 2014-February-14, 05:15, said:

Thank you Paulg for that eye-opener. I imagined that Wbridge5 played 2 or 3 of the hands. It seems strange that Jack is allowed to play all 4 hands. Presumably NS bots are set to a higher skill level than EW bots. Otherwise, since about half of the deals are defensive problems, it would be hard for Jack to achieve such a high match-point percentage

I think Paulg is saying that in Bridgez's comparisons, humans play against Wbridge5 but robots play in isolation: ie Wbridge5,Jack,Gib,etc bid and play all 4 hands. Thus a program that is weak in defence play may score higher as declarer, and similar considerations apply to competitive bidding. I remember also Gerard Joyez saying that he always has the latest version of Wbridge5 but not necessarily for other programs.