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Subject: Re: maybe a fine way to test engines without books

Author: John Rice

Date: 14:20:14 02/01/03

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On February 01, 2003 at 17:11:10, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On February 01, 2003 at 16:34:07, John Rice wrote:
>
>>I just noticed this new book option called  "Up to move" (default set to 35
>>moves). Not sure if it started with the 23 December Gui update, or the 30
>>January update that I just installed. But either way, it seems to offer a way to
>>limit/restrict the book openings by maximum number of moves. Any thoughts on
>>this new option?
>>Seems to me like a handy way to reduce the number of draws caused by very long
>>opening books. Just limit the opening moves to 15 or so, and let the
>>engine/hardware take over.
>
>A new option, and a good one. it is not necessary to create special books now.
>You can do engine tournaments with a common book like Fritz8.ctg and limit the
>moves to 5 or 6.
>The engines wont play openings like 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Sc3 Qe6+ and they
>would vary.

What would happen in a game on playchess between two computers that had
different settings? For example, one set-up was at 5 or 6 moves max for the
opening, and the other set-up had no limit in the number of opening book moves.



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