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Subject: Re: Congrats to Ruffian!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:46:36 10/30/03

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On October 30, 2003 at 02:09:27, Tony Werten wrote:

>On October 29, 2003 at 13:07:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 29, 2003 at 12:29:29, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On October 29, 2003 at 10:04:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 29, 2003 at 01:31:06, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 28, 2003 at 23:07:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>So the books are 100% different?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't believe it.  10% I might buy, but based on Jeroen's comments, they
>>>>>>are obviously not completely mutually exclusive lines...
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course not, they all have the Sicilian obviously, just as I'm sure
>>>>>your book does.
>>>>>
>>>>>You can't have three good books and have them not have a single variation
>>>>>in common. But if you think the books are largely identical, you are completely
>>>>>mistaken.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>GCP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'll say it again.  If they have less than 90% common lines, I would be
>>>>amazed.  Just think about why...
>>>
>>>Yes, as I already said, and you obviously didn't read, there are of
>>>course common mainlines. But the programs style is substantially different
>>>and so are the books.
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>
>>And I'll say it again also.  If they have 90% in common they are not
>>_that_ different.  Or can I change 10% of Crafty and enter two copies in
>>the next WMCCC?  Or three copies?  Or N copies?  10% is not much.
>
>I think it's more important where they differ. 2 Books can be 99.99% equal, with
>1 difference. One says 1. e4 and the other 1. d4
>
>Tony

the differences are important.  But that 99% represents a _lot_ of work.
If it does nothing more than make the program avoid bad lines and follow
potentially not-bad lines.  It represents much total effort.  As does the
engine development.



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