Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 15:32:34 03/15/04
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On March 15, 2004 at 17:23:41, martin fierz wrote: >On March 15, 2004 at 15:28:55, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On March 15, 2004 at 14:30:58, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >> >>>Yeah, actually the book was very good - but not for the reason Watson was hoping >>>for. You roll your eyes once per page when the "it's all about calculation" >>>comment inevitably comes up - and look at the games, conveniently organized by >>>the basic patterns ... :-) >> >>Is it a book you would recommend even for us lowly patzers, or is it the kind >>of book you won't understand a word of unless you are a really strong player? >> >>Tord > >i don't know how lowly a patzer you are, but it is certainly a thought-provoking >book. on the other hand, as an engine author you are probably looking for rules >to implement in your eval function, and you won't find any in this book - that >is watson's dogma - there are no rules... My interest in chess is not limited to what I can use to improve my chess engine. I don't play chess myself (therefore, nobody quite knows how lowly a patzer I am), but I have always loved studying game collections (my favorite players to study are Chigorin, Spielmann, Nezhmetdinov, Bronstein and Tal) and reading endgame books. Thought-provoking books are always interesting, if I am able to understand them at all. Tord
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