Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:39:24 02/18/05
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On February 18, 2005 at 10:02:32, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >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. sorry but in this case it was a typing error and not spelling error. t and r are neighbours in the screen. I decided not to respond about more things that you say in this post. It does not mean that I agree with them Uri
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