Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:49:48 12/15/02
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On December 15, 2002 at 05:04:24, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 15, 2002 at 04:51:12, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On December 14, 2002 at 22:33:21, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>Hello Mogens, >>>I was not aware of that. I am disappointed to find this out. Can you tell me >>>which programs were given this added advantage? >> >>Crafty, Gromit and perhaps Comet uses this particular book AFAIK. But let's not >>go overboard with the melodrama. We're talking about a book not adjusted to the >>engines in question and somewhat outdated compared to recent Chessbase books. >>The actual advantage is probably limited. > >It's not a real encouragement for an amateur to compete with his own book. > >And it distorts the list. > >-- >GCP I think that old chessbase book can be a disadvantage because it is more easy to release a killer book against the old book then to release a killer book against some unknown book. I think that the fact that the ssdf test free programs with that book is a clear encouragament for amateurs to use another book because otherwise there is a risk that they are going to lose a lot of games by killer lines in the future. It is also an encouragement for professional to release a book with killer lines against a lot of lines in the old book because it can help them against more than one program. Uri
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