Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 06:10:57 08/27/00
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On August 27, 2000 at 08:28:33, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 27, 2000 at 07:29:46, Aaron Tay wrote: > >>On August 26, 2000 at 21:39:27, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 2000 at 18:17:49, Alexander Kure wrote: >>> >>>>On August 26, 2000 at 15:20:44, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>> >>>>[...] >>>> >>>>>>Which program had the best opening book? Shredder 5.0 >>>> >>>>[...] >>>> >>>>Can't be, as Shredder had lost positions out of the opening against Rebel and >>>>Nimzo. >>>> >>>>Greetings >>>>Alex >>> >>>Two mediocre opening lines out of thousands of variations which is probably a >>>least an average of 8 variation to every opening lines is a small percentage, >>>which I' am sure that it will be fixed before the final release of shredder 5. >>>Now mention just one program that does not have any dubious lines ? >>> >>>Pichard. >> >>Hmm I suppose one of those programs that don't have any opening book at all! > >I think that shredder falled in the trap against nimzo because it had no >opening book in the relevant line. True. But it was the chess engine's fault for falling into the trap. Not because of a bad opening line! Say my opening book consisted only of one line 1 e4! After which my program loses to some "cooked" opening line ? Would you claim that 1 e4 is a dubious line?
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