Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:01:30 08/21/98
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On August 21, 1998 at 08:55:50, Dan Homan wrote: >On August 21, 1998 at 07:58:21, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>There have been quite a few threads this month dealing with test positions which >>test verious aspects of the software. >> >>But there is one question about the software which nobody seems to want to >>mention: Why do the chess engines have trouble with the initial position where >>no pieces have been moved yet? [Position at the start of all chess games] >> >>If the programs can be "tweaked" so that they play good openings, then all of >>the opening books will become unnecessary! >> >>Why not work on the "initial position" and get the programs to find the best >>move for that position? > >I think that playing a good opening is a very hard problem with a >very easy solution... just build a quality opening book. I this is >why some programs haven't been "tweaked" to play good openings without >a book... (I think that my program will default to something like >the '4-knights defense' without it's opening book - solid development, >but not exactly exciting chess :) > >Even if programmers did tweak their programs for quality play in the >opening (without a book), they would still use a book because of the >great potential savings on the clock. > >I agree that it would be nice to have a program with a strong evaluation >of opening positions. (Some programs may have this... I don't know, as I >don't use them this way). > > - Dan server time seems to be hosed. I posted the previous message at 12:00 CDT, but it shows up at 8:55am. I thought you guys were in the continental US? :)
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