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Subject: Re: Openings Database Project -- The opposite of Blitz chess.

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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