Author: Winfred Craft
Date: 11:25:55 08/12/00
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On August 12, 2000 at 14:17:46, john watson wrote: >On August 12, 2000 at 13:56:04, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On August 12, 2000 at 13:38:41, john watson wrote: >> >>>Does anybody have any idea how to quickly inflate Deep Junior's >>>book from 2,900,000 to 3,000,000 positions ? >>>I like round numbers, you see. >>>Maybe by importing huge .pgn or .cbh files of unusual games ? >>>The quality of the games is less important, as long they inflate the book it's >>>OK with me. >>>But from where can such files be downloaded ? >> >>I once was told 10 years ago by a local GM friend of mine that the number of >>openings which I was capable of remembering was not that important, but how good >>I understood the position after the opening was over is really what count. >>Therefore, the Quality of the opening lines whether it is 2,900,000 or just >>59,000 good opening lines is better than having a larger opening lines as long >>as those opening lines are free of errors and are the best for that particular >>program. >> >>PS: If it take closed openings to defeat good programs like Fritz 6a or junior 6 >>programmers should concentrate on programming those closed openings lines like >>the stone wall defense used by Kramnik against Deep Junior, plus special ALS >>Anti lock system in case other programmers apply the same technique in order >>to make their programs perform better. >> >>Pichard. > >That's beside the point, I just want a 3,000,000 position opening book, >that's all. I have a collection.pgn of games only between computers but it contains nowhere near 3 million moves. Winfred
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