Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:15:30 12/14/01
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On December 14, 2001 at 15:29:27, J. C. Boco wrote:
>On December 13, 2001 at 17:45:39, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2001 at 17:19:48, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On December 13, 2001 at 17:14:57, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the last game at 15 min per side, I quite don't understand Chess Tiger 14.7
>>>>Opening ? Why is Chess Tiger giving up a pawn with the black, since White is not
>>>>losing any tempo in this position, and why is 8.....h6? necessary? The
>>>>improvement of the software is great from 14.6 to 14.7 for the palm version, but
>>>>the opening still has a few holes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Date 13/12/2001
>>>>White: Novag Turquoise USCF 2294
>>>>Black: Chess Tiger 14.7 (Handspring 33 MHz)
>>>>Opening: A09 Reti Accepted
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bxc4 e5 6.d3 e4 7. dxe4 Qxd1+
>>>>8.Kxd1 h6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Kc2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Bc6 12. Nd2 Nb4+ 13. Kb1 Bxb5
>>>>14. Bxb5+ c6 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. a3 Na6 17. f3 Here at this point Novag was showing
>>>>an evaluation of + 1.10
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>PS: Sorry that I can't provide any help in correcting any of the opening lines,
>>>since I am Not an Expert in Chess Openings. But Somebody has to go back to the
>>>drawing board and makes some serious modifications.
>>>
>>>Jorge
>>
>>
>>
>>It must be the 4th time that I tell you that when you see such a hole you should
>>just send us the game.
>>
>>Thanks for pointing out this hole, it will be fixed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>Christophe,
>
>How much memory would it take to have Tiger use a database for its opening
>moves- a database of say 100,000 games? Perhaps this would equal about 1
>million positions?
>
>It seems to me that using a database for the opening book is a foolproof way of
>avoiding any "holes".
No it is not. Games are full of blunders and suboptimal moves.
Christophe
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