Author: Chessfun
Date: 05:03:05 07/10/01
Go up one level in this thread
On July 10, 2001 at 07:48:55, Fabio Barrettone wrote: >> >>It is entertaining, but CSTal was/is too... > >CSTal is a master level engine. It is not comparable with these top engines. > >>AFAIk the book is by Boris Alterman and he is GM and member of the Junior team. >>Correct me if I'm wrong. So the book should certainly be better than the Tiger >>or Shredder-book which only have been assembled out of a database. >> > >Yes, it is made by Alterman but this doesn't mean that is a good book for >Junior. Maybe it is a godd general book, but it has too many simple positions >and I know that Junior doesn't like them. Maybe with time and learning it could >find the better moves in the book but this will take much time and losses. I >don't think that Alterman have done a good job if it has done the book for >Junior only. > >>How large is your book? Would you mind sending it to me? > >It is too large, it is above 130 MB. However you could test what I've said >letting play Junior 7 and Chess Tiger with the Nunn 2 test. In that special test >there are many complicated positions and you will see clearly what I mean. In >those positions Junior dominates. In simple positions Junior is like a lion in a >cage, it tries to do something while the opponents wait, it tries to force >something to happens and this cause him problems because there are not many >choices. Have you run Nunn2 with J7 and CT? Sarah.
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.