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Subject: Re: Just learning capability?

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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