Author: blass uri
Date: 11:29:32 06/11/00
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On June 11, 2000 at 10:20:33, aloysius wrote: >Should opening books be used in Computer Tournaments? I am against that. Why not >just let the engines fight it out from the first move. > >But that is different against humans, because opening theory are meant for us >(humans!) The opening book is part of the engine. If the programmer knew that opening books are not allowed he could do his engine in a different way. There is no way to know that a program does not use an hidden opening book so the idea of not allowing programs to use opening book is impossible. If you want to give limitation for computer programs you can give limitation about the hardware so the size of the program when opening book and tablebases are part of the program will be limited. I think that this limitation can be used in the future in games against humans because with no limitations it is only a question of time when programs are going to win. You can decide that all the program including opening book and tablebases and hash tables will not use more memory than TSCP. If the hardware has not enough free RAM bigger programs simply cannot be used. This limitation can prevent the top programs to play because they are too big. In this case using opening books and tablebases will be practically impossible. Uri
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