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Subject: Re: The program that beats YOU the fastest(the one you think is the best)?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 17:19:43 04/15/00

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On April 15, 2000 at 12:13:23, blass uri wrote:

>On April 15, 2000 at 10:50:07, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>Maybe it would be best, if computer chess developers and publishers would let
>>create a small, high quality, standard opening book to be used for such
>>tournament and comparison purposes by every program. (...)
>
>You do not have to ask programmers about it.

Yes, what I meant was, it would be good if all the programmers etc. could
cooperate to have such a "standard" opening book developed. They could hire
opening experts to create such a book, which would really be theory and not just
80% database material. But it's unlikely that all the companies would ever agree
about such an idea. Some will think they loose an advantage, some will be afraid
that the book will be manipulated, and others just won't be interested.

I know that everyone can create a book for nearly all the programs, but unless
there's one standard book which is used always, you will have results from
different books again. You can't avoid this effect just by changing colors. We
will never know which program is strongest among the top programs, as long as
there are many of them in a seemingly *narrow margin* of strength.

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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