Author: Michael Yee
Date: 11:17:05 10/07/03
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On October 07, 2003 at 13:05:09, jefkaan wrote: [snip] >The program was conceived by a Dutch engineer, namely myself, >who thought maybe chess could be solved in a similar way >as 4-in-a-row. Subsequently then unemployed whizkid, yet >not-a-kid anymore Bas Hamstra (author of the Tao engine) >offered to convert my ideas into a program, using some >up-to-date & modern C+ algorithms. Sofar, just like >Bookup, ChessAssistant, also Bookbuilder, has been able >to identify 1.e4 as an opening move which is at least >as good as 1.d4, thereby refutating claims by former >correspondence chess world champion Hans Berliner >that chess possibly could be solved with 1.d4!? [snip] Interesting post, although I have a few questions... (Note: I just downloaded the trial version of Bookbuilder, so I'm not familiar with it yet.) (1) Can Bookbuilder be used to solve chess in some clever way? I'm not familiar with how Connect 4 was solved... (2) By what mechanism can Bookbuilder conclude/prove that 1. e4 is so good? Just by analyzing leaf nodes of opening lines? How is this different than the Chess Analysis Project (CAP)? (3) Do you attribute your dramatic increase in playing strength to merely opening study? Thanks, Michael
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