Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 12:20:28 06/11/00
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On June 11, 2000 at 13:09:44, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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!) > >If you tell a computer to add up a column of figures, it gets the right answer >every time. > >If you tell it to be creative about it, it gets the same creative answer every >time. > >The typical chess engine doesn't have a lot of randomness built in. If it >thinks the solution is X today, it thinks the same thing tomorrow. > >So you tend to get the same game repeatedly if you play without books. > >Furthermore, the opening position is a difficult position, since both sides are >very badly developed and starved for tempi. Programs haven't typically handled >that position well. > >Books are added to increase game diversity and give the programs a chance to >avoid looking stupid. > >They also make human vs computer play more challenging. Even a bad program can >play more like a human for the first few moves at least, and a human opponent >has to practice his/her opening preparation. > >bruce Of course. But who was always telling the people that a machine could play like a master (grandmaster)? All these programmers... In my opinion this question leads to the truth that machines can not play chess. Hans Gerber
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