Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 08:54:49 08/25/02
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On August 25, 2002 at 09:52:49, Bas Hamstra wrote: >Did Frans Morsch develop the Fritz book himself? No, he has help from top->specialists. Same for Tiger and Rebel. Now is THAT fair? Competing in CC >tournments,supposedly meant to determine which ENGINE is strongest, where the >happy few have the fulltime help of book specialists, but NOT the lousy >amateurs? So why don't you hire an openingbook expert yourself? Do the same thing as Fritz and all the other pro's do? You simply say 'hey, pro's have an advantage, so I take their stuff to get even on them'. And you know VERY well Bas, that good openinglines are very very important for a chess program and it is included in the product. Computer chess is not 'Engine only'. I know many programmers would like it to be different, but the harsh truth is different: Openings are important. Very important. And to ask you a question: If I use your statement, I can download Tao and enter it in a tournament saying it is mine. Would you like that? I bet you don't. >The copyright issue is also not easy at all. Does anyone seriously think Jeroen >Noomen does NOT look at other books? How come ALL the obscure, speculative, >tricky, HAND-TYPED Cock the Gorter lines are in other commercial books INCLUDING >the refutations? Vincent noticed this, and so do I. Technically, if I copy an >existing book "collection" and add three new lines, it's MY collection. Ask the >juro's. I can tell you that the testing of books, countering lines of opponents, getting the best lines for yourself, anticipating what the opponents might do is a VERY VERY difficult job. Don't think that this is easy to do. As far as the Cock the Gorter book is concerned: I don't have this book, but if I see some game of Tao in which a speculative line is being played and it is not covered well in the Tiger book, I repair it. THAT'S what a good bookexpert is doing, dear Bas. I just want to say: Come to my home some day and I'll show you how the work is done. And then I am sure you'll think differently afterwards. Jeroen
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