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Subject: Re: use a book! this is a great idea !

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 14:48:59 12/29/02

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On December 29, 2002 at 17:13:19, Joshua Haglund wrote:

>On December 29, 2002 at 14:07:14, Lieven Clarisse wrote:
>
>>I disagree, testing without an opening book is a good test for chess engines!
>>
>>lieven.
>
>Disagree...
>
>I believe there should be a rating list for all the programs without a book; 100
>rounds bullet, blitz, and standard time controls.
>
>Then we'll find the best engine I believe. If it can find the best move in an
>unorthadox opening A00, B00, C00, D00 E00... it should find the best moves for a
>program with a book. I think chess tiger 15 is the new king of the mountain.
>
>For now... ;)
>
>Joshua


I Believe that the SSDF should be testing programs by using the first 20 games
without a book and the remaining 20 with their own book, this will give us an
idea of how good some programs really are.

Pichard



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