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Subject: Re: Opening books

Author: Jorge

Date: 07:28:51 06/24/02

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On June 23, 2002 at 14:32:35, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>It is known that good opening books [may] have a good influence on the strenght
>of chessprograms. Based on running tests, I however dare say that the opening
>books do influence the results of computer matches to a much greater extend I
>have ever imagined. Results to follow in some weeks.
>
>Has somebody made similar tests to report?
>
>Kind regards
>Kurt

I am confused. For some reason, I am getting better results for Hiarcs8 without
opening books against other progs with opening books. Does that make sense? I
dare not conclude Hiarcs8 is better without OB's (13.5-0.5 vs Crafty1815, and
17.5-1.5 vs. Cometb43), but that's what I'm seeing here!

jorge



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