Author: blass uri
Date: 13:55:47 05/21/00
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On May 21, 2000 at 16:16:39, Pete R. wrote: >On May 20, 2000 at 13:16:29, blass uri wrote: > >>On May 20, 2000 at 10:54:42, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On May 20, 2000 at 10:28:48, Pierre Bourget wrote: >>> >>>>Read what they think here: >>>> >>>>http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/fritz-eng.htm#Khalifman >>>> >>>>Pierre >>> >>>Thank you, a very informative link. Nice to see that they both agree with my >>>opinions :o). >>> >>>Best wishes.. >>>Mogens >> >>Boris Galfend's opinion: >>main strenght of chess programs (Fritz, Junior etc) are outside the program >>itself. >> >>I disagree. >>The most simple programs can play well without book. >> >>TSCP that is a weak free program(the idea behind tscp is not to have a good >>program but to help beginners)has a better evaluation function in the opening >>relative to Deep Junior. >> >>I believe that the main reason that the programmers of Fritz and Junior did not >>care about adding knowledge in the opening(like not getting out with the queen) >>is the fact that they know from experience that they do not play without book. > >I am not familiar with Junior, but disagree strongly about Fritz. He plays >*very* well without an opening book, in fact he will play right along the lines >of opening theory, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit, etc all without book, and in most >cases will choose the strongest theoretical move. Other programs will make bad >moves in the opening without a book, but Fritz not only plays well but shows an >appropriate evaluation as well. Playing a bad move to get out of book early >against Fritz is likely to backfire much of the time, IMO. I remember a game of Sos against Fritz in the last dutch computer championship when fritz got out with the queen early. Fritz won the game but not because of the opening. I am not sure if it was Fritz or Quest but I am sure that the programmer was the same. Uri
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