Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 10:28:29 12/29/97
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On December 29, 1997 at 13:23:25, Rajen Gupta wrote: >when I learnt chess i was told that opening books consist of a database >of moves that are played at the initial phases of a game.These moves are >supposed to have been developed over the years in strong GM or IM games >and consequently have been (or at least should have been)subject to >extensive analysis.As a result of this, those lines which are inferior >for one or the other side get discarded whilst those lines that lead to >an approximately equivalent position get accepted into general chess >theory.The opening books provided with chess programmes should therefore >result in an equivalent position on the board after which it is upto the >chess engines to show there stuff. > >MCP would in fact be doing a great service to chess fans if it could >identify the weak lines in existing and established chess theory and >provide alternate moves or lines earlier on(which are superior to the >existing lines) rather than merely displaying a large volume of cooked >lines which does not in any way enhance the prestige of the programme. >If I use such a programme I would never know whether it is providing the >best possible analysis for my money or whether I have got something >which seems to be strong only because it knew the questions the day >before the exams! > >Rajen Gupta It looks like a good anti-PR demolition job has been done on Mchess. My problem is thta I'm not sure this is entirely fair. Its partly due to no defense appearing to the attacks, maybe. Chris Whittington
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