Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:52:43 02/17/05
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On February 17, 2005 at 17:46:47, Tord Romstad wrote: >On February 17, 2005 at 16:16:16, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>I don't think you are being quite fair to Vincent here. His actual statement >>(or at least what I think he intended to say) is that "A good book vs no book is >>worth 700 elo at the World Championships", and I think that it is not that far >>off. If you show up at the World Championships with no book, you have 0% chance >>to win, regardless of what engine you use. > >I am not sure what he intended to say, but he did not mention anything about >World >Championships (at least not in the initial post, I haven't bothered to read the >whole >thread). Basically he just said "book=700 Elo" without any qualifications at >all. > >Perhaps it was just intended as a joke, as has been suggested in the current >thread. > >>Anyway, if you don't feel the need to work on the book, don't. > >Of course I am not going to do much (if any) work on the book. From my point of >view, there is no point. I cannot see how I can learn anything useful from it. > >>Arturo and I will enjoy getting good positions and easy points :) > >As you know, I usually don't participate in tournaments. And if I ever do, my >purpose >is to meet the other participants, and not to try to win. The competitive >aspect of >computer chess has very little interest to me. My focus is not on defeating >other >chess engines, but on contributing to the continued improvement of chess playing >algorithms. I want to see the general level of amateur computer chess engines >continue to rise, and to feel that I have at least a tiny part of the honor for >this. >From this perspective, working on the book would be a complete waste of time. > >I concede that a good book is definitely an important factor in tournament play, >but it will be really hard to convince me that it is worth anywhere near 700 >points. >I leave the discussion of precisely how much can be gained by a good book to >those who are more interested in tournaments. > >And by the way, trust me: Zappa really wouldn't need any special book >preparation >to get good positions and easy points against Glaurung. :-) > >Tord Same for movei For some reason Artuto does not understand that opponents get easy points against movei simply because movei is an extremely weak engine. I guess that it is even weaker than Glaurung. Uri
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