Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:36:19 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 20:13:55, william penn wrote: >On May 28, 2001 at 19:42:37, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>Play 'em that way if you want to. >> >>Silly to remove 80% of a program's strength. >> >>But that's just my opinion. > > > no way, most of your top programs today will make book moves even without an >opening book, There are many openings where the true outcome is hidden 18-20 plies deep and you will surely get sucked into a trap without an opening book. The Evans Gambit lines are a swell example of that. A computer playing such a sequence without a book will get slaughtered by one with a [good] book. >unless you mean that the program saves time, which makes it >stronger, since it can use more time later to calculate the middlegame >positions, That is a minor factor, and would not account for more than 30 ELO or so at a maximum. >still i don't see this accounting for 80 percent of its strength. At least 80%. Of course, it is just my estimate. But I am very sure of it.
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