Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:44:22 11/02/03
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On November 02, 2003 at 16:45:02, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>On November 02, 2003 at 13:45:53, Rajen Gupta wrote:
>
>>all authors of opening books as well as the respective engine programmers claim
>>that the ob is part and parcel of the chess package and the engine can only
>>function at its best if it uses its own optimised opening books; this has been
>>shouted from the rooftops for years
>>
>>(if one belives this theory then then the KING SKR is at a significant
>>disadvantage as it is using a non optimised opening; furthermore one that is
>>relatively old;)
>>
>>now the same programmers who for years have claimed the above are stating the
>>exact opposite that for some reason the kingSKR will get an advantage if it uses
>>another engines opening books which in fact is non optimised for the KING!!
>>
>>(as far as i know the general.ctg is a non-optimised powerbook which is a
>>general book not optimised for a particular engine so it should be allowed to be
>>used with the king any way)
>>
>>let us therefore test both engines with the same opening books; either another
>>engines borrowed opening book (which will be optimised for neither engine such
>>as the fritz.ctg when shredder plays theKing) or something like draw.ctg or the
>>lunsen book or a power book) this will ensure a level playing field and equal
>>disadvantages for both engines
>>
>>that is the only equiatble solution that i can think of given the contraints in
>>this situation
>
>
>I really don't understand all the conversation about this matter. What exactly
>is not clear about "SSDF tested chess products a customer can buy/download for
>free, with either the default settings or the ones the programmer suggests"?
>
>Sargon
...which implies that using a competitor's opening book is completely outside of
the frame of this simple principle.
Christophe
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