Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:40:01 01/31/01
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On January 31, 2001 at 14:03:09, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On January 31, 2001 at 13:47:43, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On January 31, 2001 at 11:04:05, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2001 at 09:29:49, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On January 31, 2001 at 08:35:34, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 31, 2001 at 01:00:18, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/cad2001/cad2001.htm >>>>>> >>>>>>In Gadeques tournament Deep Fritz - Shredder 5 ended 10-10. But 14 games were >>>>>>won by white! And I thought, that whites advantage is minimal in computer chess. >>>>>>Have programs killer books or what? >>>>> >>>>>As far as Shredder 5.0 is concerned there are no killer variations. The book is >>>>>made mainly for the human players and with a lot of alternatives to make it play >>>>>different lines. There are very few very long variations. Of course there are >>>>>good move against weak ones, but not deep variations. >>>>>So, it is a sort of compromise to make the program fun to play with. >>>>>Since we drew 6 games and lost 7, there is still a a lot of room for >>>>>improvements... >>>>> >>>>>Sandro Necchi >>>>>> >>>>>>Jouni >>>> >>>>I'm saving this message to quote later in my life. >>> >>>You can dump it. In my games, Shredder 5 didn't play one single killer line. >>> >>>Enrique >> >> >>What is your definition of a killer line? > >A line that doesn't exist in opening theory and gives decisive advantage to the >program that plays it. I don't want to join the argument, particularly. But my definition is a bit different. I would call a line a "killer line" if it is chosen specifically because it leads to a win against a specific opponent. IE the line everybody is smashing tiger with, 1. h4 and 2. h5 is a non-theory line that is known to lead to a win in nearly every game. By your definition that is _also_ a killer line. But If I play some games vs some other program, and I discover that if I play some variation of the Guioco Piano, I will win most of the games against that program, then I would call _that_ line a killer line as well. IE I did this very thing against Belle for several years, as I hav mentioned before. Belle did this against other programs (myself included) for the same reason. I consider either type of opening as a "cooked book"... > >>A definition of mine could be: "knowing in advance that you make a full >>point with it against a certain program X1 which is having book X2". >> >>I remember 60 moves killer lines in mchess > >I don't know how many, but Mchess was full of them. Evals of +2 or more >immediately after book were not so rare. Sometimes Mchess left book with a mate >evaluation. :) > >In my games, the new books of Deep Fritz, Nimzo 8 and Gandalf are too recent to >be cooked, but the books of Junior 6 and Gambit are old enough, and still I >didn't see any killer lines played by Shredder 5. As far as I can tell, we are >not facing a new "Mchess case". You can download the games and take a look at >the lines. > >Enrique
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