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Subject: wrong opening preparation

Author: Christian Pike

Date: 06:55:40 08/24/00


IMO the problem of the programs is handmade by the opening-preparation.

Most often the opening-advisor prepares an opening
a HUMAN beeing would play very good/have good chances.
Or both or one team/program trusts an opening-line
that is good for human-beeings, good in normal chess.

but IMO it is completely irrelevant how the human beeings
or the opening-book advisor likes or plays the position.
the program has to do the job.

i wonder how long lines they play, as if the engines could not
play their own stuff that is NOT human-chess-theory.

IMO they should better throw the opponent out of book in a rare
opening, with a 2nd best move instead of following an opening-line
THEY have in their book but the opponent has prepared a trap...

they give away points for nothing.

imo the problem is the competition of advisors at championships.
instead of trying to find a way out of book they play their favorite
openings. this gives the team of a chess-program a weak point,
and the engine suffers idle competition between the opening-book-advisors.

i wonder why they follow certain lines for so long.



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