Author: allan johnson
Date: 20:24:23 08/26/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 09:02:12, Matthias Gemuh wrote: > > >I (www.gemuh.de) am of the opinion that books should by law be limited to 14 >moves. This is enough to (almost) finish development and let the engines take >over with almost all fighters still available for the battle. >Engines should not be helped (???) beyond this point. > >Matthias. Why single out computers? Why not apply the rule to chess players as well to even things up.People like Kasparov et.al have memorised booklines to incredible lengths so I see no reason why computers shouldn't be allowed to as well.Perhaps programmers might, for novelty purposes, include a way of restricting books for those who truely find them unfair but personally I think they reflect the real world of chess. Al
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