Author: John Merlino
Date: 19:17:52 07/03/03
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On July 02, 2003 at 18:16:06, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On July 02, 2003 at 17:39:52, George Tsavdaris wrote: > >>On July 02, 2003 at 16:11:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>We have decided to restart our RK 2003 tournament. The reason is a message of >>>Michael Drexel at CCC and our reply >>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?304269 >>> >>>In the meantime we have found out why from the 84 games so far played in our >>>database 77 games were with 1.d4 and only 5 games with 1.e4. Chessfriend Rolf >>>Bühler worked with the write protected opening book remis.ctg but "forgot" to >>>use the book option "Reset Weights" before starting the tournament. And as a >>>result of the many won games played by The King with 1.d4, this move had a much >>>too great probability in the book. Under the circumstances we feel it would be >>>best to completely cancel our tournament and to restart it under the following >>>conditions: >>> >>OK, this would be even more interesting, as the programs would play with >>full strength! But a shame as so much good work is cancelled (The amazing >>performance of the King will be lost). >>Do you think it's a good idea to use remis-book for Chessmaster-9000? >>I don't find the choice bad, but a book that created from drawn GM's games, >>doesn't seem the most suitable choice for a program, which will play against >>other that have opening books optimized for their playing style. >>Maybe Shredder7.ctg or Fritz8.ctg is better? (I don't know if this is true) >>By the way with what opening book "The-King" played at Leiden? > > I have no idea about the book The King used at Leiden. And as to the > book remis.ctg, we find it an excellent choice for The King. This engine > has so far obtained good results with this book. Otherwise, it would > be a hard decision what book to use. But the tournament will show if > we are right/wrong. > Kurt The book that Johan used at Leiden is by Cock de Gorter, and it is a special tournament book that is not available in Chessmaster 9000. The Chessmaster personality in CM9000 does, in fact, use an opening book entirely based on GM games. jm
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