Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 13:32:41 11/02/03
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On November 02, 2003 at 15:03:57, Rajen Gupta wrote: >for some reason the programmers claim that the use of a non optimised opening >book which belongs to no programme in particular would give theKING an unfair >advantage (after drumming it into our heads all these years that an engine can >only do well if it has its own opening book); There are two issues: a) how good is a book on its intrisic value (how many good and bad lines does it contain) b) how good is the book tuned to the specific playing style of an engine Getting both a) and b) right takes a significant time and effort investment. Getting (a) right gives you an advantage. Getting b) right gives you an additional advantage. The King was given a) even though it did nothing to deserve that. -- GCP
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