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Subject: Re: Book vs. Engine

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 06:01:00 08/26/02

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On August 26, 2002 at 07:22:28, Steve Coladonato wrote:

>There is a very long thread here concerning the use of a book developed for one
>program being used by another program.  I am not a programmer, so I don't
>understand the ramifications of this.  But, I do have a question(s).  If the
>same book were used by all engines, would that not be a fair comparison of the
>engines strength?

Not necessarily. Say the book we use only has the Sicilian in it. This would
cause my engine to preform relatively better compared to Crafty, but it would
not be indicative of real world performance.

--
GCP



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