Author: Graham Banks
Date: 17:33:34 01/18/06
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On January 18, 2006 at 20:02:28, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 18, 2006 at 19:18:42, robert flesher wrote: > >>Thank-you for the observation, however, unless its a book loss which it is not I >>think it is fair game. Although I understand that perhaps this can stastically >>alter the final results, maybe not. I guess book learning would fix this issue, >>it does give me some thinking to do, cheers. > >With all due respect, I think it simply invalidates the results. 1 game in 6 had >the exact same opening? How can one possibly compare the strength of the engines >in such a case? > > Albert Hi Albert, I don't think you'll find that Robert is the only person who tests like this and he certainly won't be alone in thinking that it's fine, especially if learning is activated. Because I test with learning off and use generic books, I don't allow any duplicate opening lines, that is the position at which the engines leave the book. There are those who criticise this also. To each his own, but as long as testing conditions and preferences are made clear, members can make up their own minds about the usefulness or validity of any testing. Regards, Graham.
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