Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:07:01 11/16/03
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On November 16, 2003 at 11:38:48, Bob Durrett wrote: > > >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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