Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:38:48 11/16/03
Let's face it. Chess engines play middlegames and complex endgames. Thats ALL they do. That is a severe limitation! When will we have chess engines which can play really well from ALL legal chess positions? Why should an opening position be taboo for a chess engine? Why should simple endgames be such a problem for a chess engine? To be a little bit fair about this, one can admit that tablebases are extremely good and they are available so why not use them? The same cannot be said about the opening phase, IMHO, although if one wished to be completely fair, one might note that good variety is provided by a good opening book. It is not clear, however, that such variety could not also be provided by a suitably programmed engine. One benefit of a large opening book is that it can steer the engine into playing historically significant openings. History buffs would like that. : ) Bob D.
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