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EXP-1 / completed / evaluation

EXP-1: Untrained policy check

Establish an untrained legal-candidate policy reference before interpreting trained model play.

Non-reasoning next-move model: complete game history from the standard start, three-token causal objective, no thought or search supervision. Follow data → tokenizer → training → harness → bot bridge.

Baseline

Random initialization, not a trained model. No mate helper.

Data

Two recorded local Sunfish games, one per model color. This is a small sanity check, not a matched strength benchmark.

Configuration

Exact recorded configuration
{
  "checkpoint_sha256": "711f78adbe1be14172921e5dad5696996889cc1ee31915cacb028ae0337c3396",
  "games": 2,
  "mate_helper": false
}

Compute

Two completed local games; exact aggregate compute was not retained in this public record.

Results

Recorded metrics — protocols differ by experiment
MetricValue
Games2
Wins0
Losses2

Replay recorded games →

What this does not establish

  • Only two games; no strength inference.
  • Exact historical initialization source is not available in the public snapshot archive. The linked harness is related source, not an exact replay claim.

Provenance

Browse the recorded source snapshot →

Checkpoint SHA-256 711f78adbe1be14172921e5dad5696996889cc1ee31915cacb028ae0337c3396

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Evidence: Public random-reference PGNs

Original artifact SHA-256 77a6e33f268e0533cd39f87b6e0f25588acdad20e944b858c0baa2f58e27a00d

Selected public fields; private paths and process/account details excluded.

{
  "game_ids": [
    "random-baseline-seed20261028-white",
    "random-baseline-seed20261028-black"
  ],
  "checkpoint_sha256": "711f78adbe1be14172921e5dad5696996889cc1ee31915cacb028ae0337c3396"
}