Author: Kai Lübke
Date: 04:00:49 07/23/98
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On July 22, 1998 at 21:46:50, Peter McKenzie wrote: >All you are testing is which program is best when its opening book is disabled. >Does this indicate anything useful, I don't think so. It removes any influence the opening book has on the playing strength. Scientifically interesting, at least to me. Programs like Chessmaster or Chess Tiger with their small books now have better chances against "Book specialists" like Rebel or MChess. >I think a better idea for what you seem to be trying to do is to play programs >starting from various typical middlegame positions. Hard to find any that won't be criticized as "unfair" (cf. the Nunn set)... There's always someone to disqualify a testing method as "senseless" or "statistically irrelevant"... ;-( --- Shep
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