Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 14:09:12 06/13/00
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On June 13, 2000 at 16:28:44, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 13, 2000 at 15:58:49, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On June 13, 2000 at 15:40:53, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>How is an opening book any more or less inherent to a chess program than an >>>evaluation function? That's absurd. >>>-Tom >> >>I don't find it absurd at all. A chess program can function without an opening >>book, but no without an evaluation function AFAIK. Not comparable IMHO. > >A chess program needs only one thing to play chess: >A legal move generator. > >No evaluation is needed. When there are no more legal moves, the game is over. It doesn't even need a move generator. When there's no more time the game is over (sic.). Best wishes... Mogens
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