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Subject: Re: Zappa looks to have a winning position over Fruit...

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 10:10:37 08/15/05

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On August 15, 2005 at 12:23:47, Uri Blass wrote:

>If the engine is strong enough it is sufficient to have strong engine.
>based on the times in the pgn that I read Fruit was out of book in move 3
>Unfortunately it could not find moves that are good enough.
>
>Uri



I am sure that you are wrong.  Just remember Hydra's loss to Shredder when it
lost in 30 moves while still in book.  There are many other examples which show
that a good engien must have a good book to be competitive.

Without a good book an engine is an easy prey.  But this is an old thread and if
you remember an average guess about the worth of a good book was ranging from
100 up to 250 points.  I'd settle for about 150 points at slow time controls,
with 250 points at blitz.


Djordje



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