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Subject: Re: Since the Opening is NOT that important in FRC ???

Author: Reinhard Scharnagl

Date: 01:48:00 01/27/04

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On January 27, 2004 at 04:22:50, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On January 27, 2004 at 03:07:02, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:
>
>>Hello Stuart,
>>
>>what do you want to have?
>>
>>a) an intelligent engine, which could navigate itself through any opening phase
>>b) a stupidly reproducing archive system using huge libraries and databases
>>
>>I prefer a), but the status quo seems to relay on b), blocking any progress.
>>
>>Reinhard.

Hello Rolf,

>I don't get this logically. You mean, if not FRC then chess programmers are
>unable to make progress towards intelligent engines?

as far as it concernes abilities to an appropriate handling of openings - yes.

But developing FRC engines would not be the only method to face that problem.
There are additional possibilities in working with Capablanca's Chess or with
Capablanca Random Chess (I lately have described) - and the fair chess proposal.

>NB I am against books or databases which contain material non-intelligent
>machines couldn't find on their own. This is also the reason why machines are no
>super GM by far.

Have you seen my related statements on 'fair' chess engines, you can find via
[http://www.rescon.de/Compu/schachfair_e.html]?

Regards, Reinhard.



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