Author: Don Dailey
Date: 09:25:36 12/30/97
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>Besides, I think the probability is very low that MCP7 "intentionally" >(whatever that means for a program :-) played an "anti-whoever-line" >because it's very hard to see "Oh, I must be playing against Rebel 8" >from just one (not too uncommon) opening. >My intention in publishing this game was certainly not to accuse Marty >or Sandro of any "foul play", I just found it interesting. >And I like MCP7's book much more than MCP5's. I'm not doing this either. >My opinion has always been that people can put anything they like in >their opening books. If Kasparov goes into a match against Anand, he'll >think "Oh, it's Vishy, I know he doesn't like the Benkö Gambit, so I'll >play that one" or something like that. A program has no way to know >which program (or human) it's playing against, so the chances of playing >any "killer lines" are very low anyway... I'm starting to think this is ok too. But I don't really agree in principle that a computer does not know who it's playing. IF I were to tune my book for the top 2 or 3 opponents I was concerned about there would be prepared lines specifically for each one, and in a sense the computer would know. Of course I agree this may not kick on early when deciding to play e4 or d4! -- Don
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