Author: Arda Renkver
Date: 03:19:06 12/15/98
I have read many interesting postings in here about those tests you guys conducting. My question is that if you are just testing the engine strength for different settings shouldn't the opening books be turn off in any case.Otherwise you get no feeling as to how the "setting" is able to handle a position without finding itself in a comfortable situation in which it arrives by using opening theory from memory.In this case you only have match results without knowing whether or not the result due to opening advantage or disadvantage.Maybe playing with a set of predetermined openings with white and black would clear the cloud a bit.I believe Mr.Kaufman (IM) used to suggest that a long time ago in print.
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