Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 10:51:38 08/15/05
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On August 15, 2005 at 13:27:44, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 15, 2005 at 13:10:37, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>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 > >For engine that is good enough big book is obviously a mistake because it can >find better moves by itself. > >The example of hydra proves nothing because it is an example of a bad book and >not of not having a good book. > >There is a difference. >I consider bad book as book with bad moves when I consider not having a good >book as not having a book or having a book with not enough moves. > >Uri I am afraid that I never said that a good book is a big book. A good book is a book that has good lines in it. Period. You kept talking about a possibly big book which is something I had not mentioned. A good book for Fruit should have had 3...c5! in D00 (1.Nc3 / 1.d4...etc).
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