Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:25:51 12/14/00
Go up one level in this thread
On December 14, 2000 at 11:27:52, William H Rogers wrote: >On December 13, 2000 at 12:50:16, walter irvin wrote: > >>would most people considder chess to be solved if a computer had an oppening >>database that always left the computer +2.50 when it was out of book and not >>ever permitting the blocking of position??? with best play does anyone believe >>that black does not lose ?? also if 100% represents the total number of legal >>positions then what % make up positions that could SAFELY be reached vs strong >>opposition ???(3% perhaps)and if that is the case then should that not be the >>positions to solve??? > >Considering that earlier this year, but may late last year one chess program >checkmated another without ever leaving its book, then at least some of the game >is now history, but I do not believe in books that large. The whole point of a >computer chess program is that the program should calculate the moves and find a >winning combination on its own. >I would like to see 'book moves' limited in the future to only 10 or 15 plys >only for the opening moves and the rest of the game solved by the programs. >IHMO >Bill You have nothing to worry about big books. It is easy to get programs out of book by lines like 1.e4 c5 2.Be2 when there is no clear advantage for one of the players. Cases when one program get won position out of book will be rare when both engines have a big book so it is mainly a game between the engines. Uri
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.