Author: martin fierz
Date: 13:38:43 07/16/02
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On July 16, 2002 at 05:55:37, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 16, 2002 at 05:43:45, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On July 16, 2002 at 05:37:46, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>One question came to mind when hearing all of the opening book talk. Gian-Carlo >>>said that he made his own opening book for Sjeng, and it backfired a few times >>>at WCCC. >> >>I didn't say it backfired! I'm convinced that the results would have been >>worse if I hadn't used a book. >> >>My engine didn't play any bad lines from the book. In some games, the >>opponents simply had more and better theory and my engine could not find >>the correct moves by itself in the available time. >> >>-- >>GCP > >I suspect that it may be better at least against the commercial programs to use >different lines. > >Sjeng lost because of Qxg7 against Junior when Junior was in book. > >I suspect that having a special book against the commercial programs with the >white pieces that includes lines like 1.c3 could be better because you can get >equallity out of book and avoid prepared traps. > >1.c3 is only one example and there are a lot of possible moves that you can >start with white and the opponents cannot know what you prepared to prepare >killing lines. > >The commercial programs may have a reply to 1.c3 in book but if you prepare >manually some lines after 1.c3 you can be practically sure that you can throw >them out of book with equallity. > >Uri playing rubbish like 1.c3 is not going to make computer chess more credible :-) if you play at a world championship, you should do your best to get good lines in the book and play them. if you are outbooked, so be it. there are humans who play weird openings (basman is maybe the most famous example, miles hat a tendency to do this), but to reach the top (and that's what all programmers should hope for...) you must play serious chess. aloha martin
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