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Subject: Re: Kramnik interview

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:43:08 12/17/02

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On December 17, 2002 at 11:40:29, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On December 17, 2002 at 09:22:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2002 at 08:32:20, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>
>>>On December 16, 2002 at 17:49:08, John Sidles wrote:
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>> So on the average you can say 2800 or a bit more,
>>>>> but it matters what you get. If you get a position
>>>>> like what I had in game five then no human can fight it.
>>>>> But if you get what I had in game two then you have
>>>>> a chance. It very much depends on the opening stage.
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>I believe Kramnik was being honest when he said, in effect, that the opening
>>>book is very very important.
>>>
>>>Perhaps the entire chess programming community has UNDERESTIMATED the importance
>>>of opening books ???  [in games vs the top GMs]
>>>
>>>Bob D.
>>
>>I do not believe it.
>>
>>Not the opening book won the match but kramnik lost the match by doing stupid
>>blunders.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Correct, but still, what would a computer program do without these beautiful
>books? Now I expect the usual spin doctors telling me that programs already
>played 20 moves of GM chess without books - but I don't believe them. If that
>happens then the books are somewhere hidden. ;)
>
>Rolf Tueschen

I think that it is dependent on the opening and I am sure that there are
openings when programs have no problem to play 20 moves of GM's without book.

Uri



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