Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:20:01 08/25/00
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On August 25, 2000 at 06:24:03, pete wrote: >On August 25, 2000 at 05:07:51, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>Crafty came against Rebel and Nimzo with -2,xx from book = 2 free points >>for opponents. I am really disappointed! I quess, if Crafty had played with >>Fritz interface and book it would have much more points. But isn't this just >>the difference between pro and amateur!? >> >>Jouni > >I think it would have probably been best if it had just played with the same old >thing it uses every day on ICC . This has been debugged by various computer >accounts trying to steel some rating points for at least a year and if there are >still holes they are probably not very obvious . > >pete It played the first 5 or 6 rounds with an exact copy of the ICC book. On ICC you need 'breadth' to avoid too much repetition of openings. A program with a great book will win some games on ICC, but then will get drubbed into the ground for being too narrow.
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