Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:59:18 12/13/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 04:26:04, José Carlos wrote: >On December 12, 2003 at 18:46:36, Brian Richardson wrote: > >>On December 12, 2003 at 13:26:45, José Carlos wrote: >> >> >>> I won't use Anubis in CCT because I don't have time to implement book >>>handling. >> >>I strongly suggest that you reconsider and enter with or without a book. >>Tinker has played in CCTs without any book (although a few >>years ago). What happens during the tournament, at least for me, >>is that you really focus on how your engine plays. I always find >>bugs and a fresh list of things to work on. There are even some cases >>where I wish Tinker was playing without a book too. You can also >>adjust your time controls to play somewhat faster during the first n >>moves. > > I will use Averno instead, which is much weaker but has book support and >everything else. Playing without a book makes too easy for the opponents to pick >a winning line against the program and repeat it on every game. I can wait. Next >CCT probably Anubis will be ready. > > José C. It is not so easy. Anubis is not available so first they need to win against it in order to pick a winning line and after winning against it they need to have the same color and to look at games of previous round. You can also avoid the problem by adding support for a book only in the first move that is easier than having a big book. My first public movei had a book only in the first move not as an external file but as part of the source code and inspite of the fact that I have now a small book I still have that internal book in order not to lose the same game twice in a match of 4 games and movei's only learning is changing the first move after a loss. I also do not think that a lot of opponents will try to repeat the same game that already happened twice. You do not expect to win the tournament with averno and most of the opponents at that level do not prepare a killer line even against programs with no book. List4.61 has no book but opponents usually do not try to prepare a killer line against it in Leo's tournament. I think that if anubis is significantly better than averno you can probably get a better result with it. Uri
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