Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 06:20:55 08/15/98
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I know of some cases where killer books have been used, but after talking with dozens of other chess programmers, I'm convinced it isn't a serious problem. Most people aren't out to get other people at these tournaments. They just want to do well and have fun. -Tom On August 15, 1998 at 08:20:23, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >On August 14, 1998 at 21:12:17, blass uri wrote: > >>I think it is a mistake to use other probabilities then 0 and 1 in competitions >>like the WMCC. >>The opening book should not be known to the public otherwise it is easy to learn >>the program. >>The program can learn after a game it loses by changing a probabilities >>0 to 1 and 1 to 0 >> >>Do programs use an opening book with probability 0 and 1 in events like >>the WMCC? >> >>How many positions the opening books of programs contain? >> >>Uri >Perhaps that's one of the reasons why the people who submit their chess engines >for evaluation would not wish to use the opening repertoire which comes with the >published version. > >It seems that such competitions for ratings are, to some extent, competitions in >selection of opening book lines. > >What is the answer to this problem? How can the "opening book competition" >factor be removed? Is it sensible to do this?
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