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Subject: Why brilliant moves in the opening book might be harmful

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 20:29:16 06/15/99


If you have an opening book that contains brilliant moves -- especially
positional or sacrifice based upon completion -- it is quite likely that they
will cause your program terrible harm.  Having a brilliant move is of no
benefit, if your program does not know what to do with the position.  Even if
the opening book suggests the next move, unless your program can see what to do
after that, having such a position could do a lot more harm than good.  Being
able to utilize such a position means that you must exploit a plan that
understands the position.

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