Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 13:52:48 09/12/04
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On September 12, 2004 at 16:43:02, Sandro Necchi wrote: >OK, this is true, but think about this: > >1. Program A with his own book play at 2650 Elo >2. program A without any book (may) play at 2600 Elo >3. Program A with another book can play from 2500 to 2650 depending how suiting >his style the book is...This is due to the fact that an opening book can make a >program play worse than without if bringing the program in positions it does not >like. > >so, how can you know how strong is a program if you let it play with a different >book? I can't, that's why I never use books in testing but instead I used fixed positions. With a book you can get lucky or unlucky with a single line. You have to play a lot of games even if both engines use the same book. -S.
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