Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:03:31 09/04/00
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On September 03, 2000 at 21:55:01, stuart taylor wrote: >Is this the clear consensus, that Shredder got bad positions because of less >good opening book, but if not for that, it would have been champ even more >convincingly? (atleast in quality of wins, if not quantity). >S.Taylor No There was no consensus about it. The writer of shredder's opening book claimed that shredder had the best opening book. For example I remember that he claimed that the line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 gives 94% result for shredder. This line is not so good for other programs. I do not say that shredder had the best book but deciding only based on the positions out of book is wrong. It is possible that shredder did not ger good positions out of book but got positions that it knows how to play. It is better to get an equal position out of book and win than to get a better position out of book and lose or draw. Uri
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