Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 08:40:44 08/28/98
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On August 28, 1998 at 01:45:55, Serge Desmarais wrote: <snip> > Well, without a book I saw Fritz 5 play (after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6) 3.Bb5 at >ply 11. The Ruy Lopez. If I remember, Genius 3.0 would prefer to start a game >with 1.Nf3, which is not a bad move. They, by themselves, create fianchetti. The >main problem, according to me, is the lack of variety : without book, they >always play the same moves in the opening (1 line) if the same program has the >same colour and that the opponent aswere the same way. So we lose all the other >lines and defenses. Of course, you see programs blocking their C-pawn with a >knight in Queen-pawn games, which is not quite in the "spirit" of the opening. >But at least it puts a piece in play and toward the center! > >Serge Desmarais I wonder if it is really NECESSARY to resort to the use of a book to achieve the desired variety. Couldn't the engine be given a random number generator which would exclude one or more moves from consideration [for the current game only] to force the engine find a different move [for the current game only]? If it is impossible for any engine to come up with another move having merit, then where did all of those "humans" get those good moves??? If engines cannot do it, then maybe the engine designers need to get busy and fix their engines?
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