Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 05:50:02 04/27/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 07:42:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >This discussion has happened before. The idea has its plusses and minuses. > >The main plus is that it eliminates 'cooking a book'. > >The main minus is that even if a program would _never_ play a particular >opening in real games, because (perhaps) it isn't well-tuned for some types >of pawn structures, it still has to play the position in this particular >game. Humans don't play like that.. IE I won't play the french as black >because I don't like the cramped position. I won't play the Colle-type >positions for the same reason. Ditto closed sicilian as white. My point exactly. I've seen enough computer chess programs to believe that the chess knowledge of a program should be reflected in its opening book, ie. open vs. cramped positions. >It is an interesting test, maybe, although I have never looked at the positions >to see what they look like, but it really doesn't say much about how real games >will be played, since _everybody_ gets to pick their own openings in real games. Neither have I, but it's entirely unrelated to OTB chess IMHO. Best wishes... Mogens
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