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Subject: Re: Opening book match vd Wiel - Rebel (to Jeroen Noomen)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 17:38:46 01/04/01

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On January 04, 2001 at 15:29:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On January 04, 2001 at 15:15:55, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>
>>On January 04, 2001 at 13:15:52, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>
>>Hi Ernst,
>>
>>Yes, I prepared a lot against Van der Wiel, but today's line I didn't expect....
>>This is not such a problem, as Rebel uses EOC and I think it got a decent
>>position after the opening.
>>
>>The real problem in this game was, to evaluate the pin on Knight a2. White had a
>>good position, but failed to do something at its biggest problem: To activate
>>the rook on a1 and the knight on a2. This hasn't got to do with 'being out of
>>book by move 3'.
>
>
>
>>As I explained earlier, it is impossible to cover all lines like this. If a
>>program fails to take advantage of a move like 3 ... a6?! this is because it has
>>not enough knowledge how to punish this. People often blame the opening book,
>>but I think it has to do with pure chess knowledge. Chess programs are not able
>>yet to punish anti computer strategies.
>
>
>Exactly chessknowledge is what programs need.
>Diep has pins in evaluation.

I know that Rebel has also pins in the evaluation.

The latest commercial version of Century like previous versions has a parameter
that is called pins.

The default value is 100 and you can change it by defining a different
personality.

Uri



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