Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:09:24 01/28/03
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On January 28, 2003 at 09:39:39, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On January 28, 2003 at 08:11:15, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On January 28, 2003 at 08:05:57, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>As someone mentioned after the game, it is hard to imagine Junior losing in just >>>27 moves, had it not used the opening book. Today, the top programs already play >>>in a super-Grandmaster level (well, that doesn't include Kasparov of course), so >>>why should they blindly play variations played by players weaker than them? >>> >>>Of course, turning the opening books off totally is not a viable option, as the >>>programs still don't have the needed strategic vision to find their way early in >>>the opening phase. But maybe a stricter limit (depending on type of opening, >>>games played, statistics, etc) should be imposed for choosing moves right out of >>>the opening book. >>> >>>Omid. >> >>One idea can be: play a move from the opening book only if played by someone >>with a rating higher than you (with statistically sound results in this line). >>So maybe in our future opening books we will have to also add the average rating >>of the players of each move... > >Nahhh. >There is no way to protect you against a Kasparov TN. The best way would be to >do exactly what Kasparov does: Study for years with a team of GMs, research the >opening and store in a "folder" a selected arsenal and change it. Have your own >theory (a la Botvinnik) and depend on nobody. > >Miguel The best way may be to have a book only for moves that you can be sure that they are good or you already analyzed and to have a good engine that can find the TN by itself based on database of the known games. Uri
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