Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 11:46:41 09/30/98
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On September 28, 1998 at 16:26:13, James Robertson wrote: >On September 28, 1998 at 16:06:04, William Dozier wrote: > >>Good/Day everyone:Question-Why hasnt a chess/engine/program to play Black v. >>White. A strong Black playing engine for the Pcs & Mac. There is a lot of games >>that Black has won, since chess has been invented. Im shure that these games be >>put into a data/base and converted into a Black playing engine or programe it- >>to play a strong Black/Side-Eventhough White is suppose to have the Advantage. >> >> Respectfully/William > >I think what you are asking is "why hasn't anyone written a program that has a >large database (opening book) of positions from games in which black has won?" >The answer is that I can't think of a single program (with a book) that doesn't >do this. Putting lines in a book that only help white is a really, really bad >idea. As for the enginge, none play any differently as Black or White. >Also, White *always* starts with an advantage-he gets the first move. > >James CSTAL came out with 2 different engines and first said that they were for black and white but afterwards admitted that one was really for playing humans and the other was for playing against computers. Having 2 different engines one for black and white is not necessary because opening books handle the problem. After the opening is finished in chess, colour doesn't matter any more in the rest of the game. Asymmetrical programs like Genius 5 act as if they are playing black the whole game. -- Komputer Korner
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