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Subject: Re: Power Books

Author: Chessfun

Date: 19:55:26 08/03/00

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On August 03, 2000 at 11:31:02, blass uri wrote:

>On August 03, 2000 at 11:23:16, Stephen Ham wrote:
><snipped>
>>When I began my Correspondence Chess Challenge verus Fritz 6a and Nimzo 7.32, I
>>asked whether ChessBase USA would let the chess engines use the Power Books. To
>>my surprise, ChessBase decided that the chess enginers were stronger without
>>these books becuase they noticed that the programs would often play into lines
>>that they didn't understand, and then fail to play well.
>
>I think that another problem is that they may play into objectively bad lines.
>
>Not everything in theory is correct and bigger books are not always better
>books.
>
>Uri


IMO the Fritz general.ctg book is one of the best. Power books have a lot
of IMO unsound lines by comparison. Some of those lines may even be ok during
games at normal time controls but a game of the length of the ones with Steve,
I'm not surprised they chose not to use them.

Thanks.






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