Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 07:47:34 08/24/00
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>I fully agree with you, Thorsten. Such a tournament should be run from fixed >balanced positions to be disclosed one minute before the game. The opening books >totally distort the engine's true strength. I totally disagree. The tournament winner should be the program that plays the best chess. Playing the opening is part of a chess game! You can't just skip this phase by starting with a chosen position - that's not true chess. A good chess player needs to play the opening well and this should be tested during a game. Also, it is a big part of the "computer chess challenge" for programmers to decide how their program should play the opening. If someone finds a way of making their program play the opening better than another, this aspect should be taken into account, i.e. a full game of chess must be played. Gordon
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