Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 13:36:29 08/28/98
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On August 28, 1998 at 12:55:57, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >Why not obtain, and create a library of, the opening books of all of the current >chess engines [maybe others not so current too - maybe] and test all engines >with all of the books? > >This may be too big a project, so may not be practical for that reason alone. > >The thought behind this suggestion is that such a testing program would point >out any dependences on books as well as to make comparisons of the "engines >without their books" more informative relative to the true inherent strengths >and weaknesses of the engines. It might also point out highly specific needs for >improvements in some of the engines. You are assuming that the opening books are a kind of "cover up" of their respective program's weaknesses, if I understand you well? Serge Desmarais
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