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Subject: Re: WbNimzo2000b settings....

Author: Alexander Kure

Date: 06:20:08 08/08/00

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On August 08, 2000 at 06:00:32, blass uri wrote:

>On August 08, 2000 at 05:07:38, Alexander Kure wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 2000 at 23:20:58, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>Yes WBNimzo 2000b is stronger than the Nimzo 99 engine, and the 2000 "native"
>>>engine. It however is a bit weaker than the 7.32 version, but using Winboard
>>>makes up for the short fall.
>>>
>>>The only thing I wiah is that there was a better book for it.
>>
>>Funny! I supposed that Nimzo's book is good enough ;-) Or to state it
>>differently: There is no better book than the Nimzo book ;-)
>>If you want to add more variety simply set RandomBook=1.
>>
>>Greetings
>>Alex
>
>I have no idea which book is the best because I do not know about serious test
>of nimzo's book against other books.
>
>It is possible to do a tournament between engines when
>every engine from group A use Nimzo's book and every engine from group B use
>Fritz's book.
>
>After it do the same tournament when every engine from group A use Fritz's book
>and every engine from group B use Nimzo's book.
>
>If nimzo's book has a total score of more than 50% in both tournaments it
>suggests that Nimzo's book is better than Fritz's book.
>
>I have no information about the question which book is better except some
>information that suggest that Fritz6's book is better than Junior6's book based
>on chessfun's tournament(the difference is small and it may be a statistical
>error).
>
>Uri

So it seems i have more information than you that led me to my statement ;-)
However a tournament of that kind you suggested would be interesting.

Greetings
Alex



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