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Subject: Re: top 30

Author: Joshua Haglund

Date: 13:26:34 11/30/02

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On November 29, 2002 at 21:00:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 29, 2002 at 19:10:40, Joshua Haglund wrote:
>
>>What would the top 30 engines be without an opening book or learn files?
>
>In private testing I use the same book for all engines
>and disable learning. The results I get aren't spectacularly
>different from what, say, the SSDF gets.
>
>Not so surprising considering the quality of the book and
>the learning tends to be related to the quality of the
>rest of the engine.
>
>>Who did the best programming then ?
>
>Implementing good learning doesn't count for being a good
>programmer? Optimizing the engine to play without book
>is good programming?
>
>I don't think so.
>
>I'll tell you who the best programmers are: they're the
>ones on top of the SSDF list.
>
>--
>GCP

 I think it would be interesting if someone did a test without the books and
learn. No optimization just usual opening play who would win.

Joshua
toneewa@yahoo.com



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