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Subject: Re: Kill this auto232-players

Author: Baldomero Garcia, Jr.

Date: 00:15:24 05/01/98

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On May 01, 1998 at 00:14:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>without it, massive abuse happens..   everyone books up against everyone
>else, and only plays winning lines against known opponents....

My personal opinion is that programmers rely on opening books a little
too much.  If you trust that opening theory is 100% correct, or that
the position given to the program ok at the end of the line, then that's
how you end up in trouble.

If a programmer thinks that someone is booking up against his program,
then I'd suggest to make the opening book *smaller*.  The likelyhood of
getting out of the book is easier, and the possibility of someone
booking
up for 30 moves is reduced.

In fact, I'd recommend programmers they test their programs (without
opening
book) vs their competitors' programs (with opening book) and see what
kind of results they get.

Baldo.



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