Author: Peter Berger
Date: 16:53:56 12/30/02
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Aloha Stephen, I think you are right ( as usual). But there might be more ( or simply different) to it. Why do we need to know which engine does well in openings without the help of a book? Opening books might not be so great and unbeatable after all now that chess engines have reached such a decent level. I had a look at the very interesting Shredder 7 opening book and think there are quite a few moves in it where the engine itself would have done better at long time control. When it is about Fritz and Tiger book they seem to get checked much more thoroughly but are quite conservative - they don't try to outsmart their opponents in the opening but rely on their engine strength - they head for the mainlines. The top engines are likely to have a fair chance to improve grandmaster opening theory IMHO, given that the engine knows how to treat the openings - engines like ChessMaster and Tiger do. I use the opening books of my chessprograms as my opening reference in CC and analyze the moves with the engines once I have made my move to see what I have missed - it seems common opening books are not that impressive after all. Peter
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