Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 07:02:32 02/18/05
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On February 17, 2005 at 17:52:43, Uri Blass wrote: >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. > My name is Arturo and not Artuto. Learn to spell my name, please. Mmmm, this is a new excuse. Now, Movei is so so so weak so you can have a new useless argument to decrease the importance of the book. What are you talking about then? >I guess that it is even weaker than Glaurung. > >Uri Dont continue guessing false things and prove your nonsense with real facts.
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