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

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 06:12:02 01/05/01

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On January 04, 2001 at 16:03:28, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

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

Hi Jeroen,
>
>Hi Vincent,
>
>Indeed, it is a matter of chess knowledge. If people ask me to prepare the book
>in such a way that Van der Wiel will NEVER be able to play anti computer chess,
>it sounds to me the same as asking me to find a cure against the illness from
>smoking.
>
>My simple device: The best cure against the illness of smoking is: To stop
>smoking! So the best cure against anti computer chess is to implement knowledge
>to prevent this.

I fully agree with you.
One cannot put every possible move in an opening book.

Sandro
>
>Jeroen
>
>
>>Exactly chessknowledge is what programs need.
>>Diep has pins in evaluation.
>>
>>The weird thing is that i remember that gnuchess had some primitive
>>form of pins in evaluation too. I can't get a program in front of my
>>mind that also has them in evaluation. Basically only programs
>>with mobility and piece activity can start thinking of putting it
>>in evaluation.



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