Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 11:45:05 05/20/00
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On May 20, 2000 at 14:04:53, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote: >Computer opening books are based in games played by humans, so you can basically >say that humans are responsible for the opening book of the computers. In that >case, humans should "disable" their opening book also. >The most "fair" thing to do is that the games between humans-computers are >played from move 10-20 or so, of a well-known variation. The complaints will p >stop about this issue, but I don´t think the programmers will agree on this. >IF they agree, humans will probably complain about the endings instead.. >IMHO > >Alvaro The opening book for human players didn't come from divine intervention if you know what I mean. Theoretically it would be more interesting if computer programs were able to "create" their own opening book through actual play and perhaps its own postgame analysis. Starting with move 10-20 in a known variation is against the spirit of the game IMO. Gelfand believes that exterior means improve the chess programs, which I think is correct. There should be attempts made at important improvements within the framework of the program itself. I don't know enough about programming to say that this isn't done presently, but the striving towards faster and faster hardware indicate otherwise IMO. I hope I don't offend any programmers with this comment, but I'm trying to connect my ideas about what is theoretically important in my view, with a lack of knowledge about actual computer chess programming. So bear with me. Sincerely, Mogens
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