Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:46:37 05/29/01
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On May 29, 2001 at 15:45:41, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 29, 2001 at 04:29:01, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On May 28, 2001 at 18:46:27, Alan Grotier wrote: >> >>> >>>Yes, all serious human chess players study standard and current openings and >>>each have their own preferences. >>>So,therefore a chess program must also have access to the same standard and >>>current openings which it will use to it's advantage: built in opening books. >>> >>>Now, when a "quelconque" program wins because the loser was out-booked I start >>>to wonder which was really the strongest engine. >>> >>>As a consumer,I would like to have no book comp.vs comp. results. >>>Then I would like the possibilty to add whatever opening book library >>>to the program of my preferance. >>> >>>Salutations:Alain >> >>There is no problem to play engine-engine matches under chessbase from the >>positions that you choose without book. > >Or any other engine, for that matter. Just rename the opening book. I don't >know of any program that won't run without one. Oops. Faulty memory just woke up. SCP *requires* an opening book. You might be able to give it an empty one, though.
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