Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 08:53:16 02/18/05
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On February 18, 2005 at 10:39:24, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Of course, we know why you did not asnwered: because we know that you cannot prove anything. ....
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