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Subject: Re: To build a book or not?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 02:56:35 07/16/02

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On July 16, 2002 at 05:50:56, Russell Reagan wrote:

>So essentially...
>
>professional book > amateur book > no book ?
>
>...and it wasn't a case of your book having anything particularly destructive to
>Sjeng, but instead a case of your opponent having a superior book. Correct?

Yes.

If you use no book and your engine can play a decent opening by
itself, you'll throw your opponents out of book as well, so you
have good survival chances. But you can't steer the positions you'll
get, which may be a disadvantage.

--
GCP



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