Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:53:11 06/19/98
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On June 19, 1998 at 12:23:56, Ed Schröder wrote: >#5. Killer books have a bad name because the work (beating the opponent) >is not done by the chess program itself (the engine) but by the work of >a human at home. The reason I don't like them is that the program is no longer general purpose. Some people consider whether to buy programs based upon their performance in computer vs computer competitions. This is not a very good reason to choose one program over another, but when the programs have been tuned to play well against each other, it's even worse. You expect that if you buy something rated 2600 that it will play better *against you* than something rated 2500, and a killer book might get the rating delta without playing at all better against the customer/opponent. I think that the average person should buy programs based upon playing style, strength against humans, and features, not necessarily in that order. bruce
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