Author: Danniel Corbit
Date: 20:08:23 11/25/97
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On November 25, 1997 at 18:11:23, Danniel Corbit wrote: >I have an idea for creation of an openings database. >It would require a large amount of cooperation to be successful. >Consider an effort, where powerful programs such as Crafty, Junior, >Ferret, Virtual Chess 2, etc. were pitted against each other under the >following conditions: >1. 24 hours is allowed per each move >2. No opening book is to be used at all >3. Each possible opening move [each white pawn up 1 or 2 and each of >the 4 knight possibilities] is to be tried. In this way, only the first >move for white is predetermined. > >To make this work would require a chess server so that lots of machines >could participate, via the internet. You would need a clear estimation >of the machines' power to rank the results of the study also. > >Does this idea have merit? Do you think it possible that new and >exciting opening sequences might be generated? > >I realize that a single game could take months to complete. But if we >had the programs running in the background, the machine is not lost for >all useful purposes.
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