Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 03:47:49 01/04/02
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On January 04, 2002 at 06:38:18, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On January 04, 2002 at 05:19:52, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>Sure. Not all the lines have to be checked. A bookbuilder with experience >>will quickly have a feel what the program does and does not understand. >> >>Also, 10 years of man work is a lot. > >The engine evolves (hopefully) in the same timespan and so does chess theory, >which will affect the opening book modifications. That still leaves a lot of >work just for "rudimentary" updates in addition to independant analysis. Though >it isn't in any way similar to starting from scratch. In his notes about the Dutch Championships, Noomen describes how he prepared 12 openings books for Rebel and 20 for Tiger. The difference is attributed to the 'much better developed tournament book of Rebel'. It also gives an idea how much preparation is done for a tournament like this. -- GCP
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