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Subject: Re: Yet another flame (nice title but its not that bad :-) )

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 12:08:16 11/19/03

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On November 19, 2003 at 10:32:18, Uri Blass wrote:

>I do not agree with that answer.
>
>Even programs without open source give information that it is possible to learn
>from it.
>
>They give evaluation and main line so you can learn something about their
>evaluation.
>
>You can see at what depth they solve positions so you can guess something about
>their extensions.
>
>It is not a case when they give nothing.

There is a _huge_ difference between being able to say, "I think this program
uses a check extension," and being able to say, "I think this program uses
alpha-beta with null-move," especially if you have never heard of alpha-beta or
null-move before.



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