Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 14:50:06 10/31/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 17:15:44, Uri Blass wrote: >Unfair advantage? >If you force kasparov to play lines that anand played some years ago then I >think that you give advantage to the opponent. The comparison makes totally no sense whatsoever - Kasparov has his own good book. >The king is using an old book. >I do not think that it is unfair advantage but disadvantage relative to the >case of using a good book. > >Even using a good new book is a disadvantage if the book does not fit the style >of the program. > >If an engine can top the ssdf with a book of another engine that it says >something very good about the engine. > >It says that the engine is better than the second engine because it can get >better rating inspite of using a book that may not fit its style. Utter nonsense. The list tests combinations of books and engines, and the books have large intrisic values that are not related to their style. See the discussions of Jeroen Noomen and Alex Kure in the past. I'll turn your statement around: if an engine gets a middle ranking with general.ctg it's actually a very weak engine because the book represents a signficant advantege (for example over amateur programs). >>In case it still hasn't gotten through, a good book and a good learner >>represent a significant time and research investment and I'd be damn pleased >>if someone could tell me why The King gets it for free while programs like >>Rebel, ChessTiger and Ruffian have to make their own. > >Programs do not have to make their own learner. >It is even not correct for programmers. > >Programmers of chessbase programs did not need to write their own learner and >got the learner of chessbase. It's still ChessBase. If they share a learner, fine, they're the same company. You get the learner when you buy any of the programs. Not so for ChessMaster. -- GCP
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