Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:42:08 02/25/04
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On February 25, 2004 at 18:40:06, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On February 25, 2004 at 13:46:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >> >>What book are you using for Crafty? >> >>It will _never_ play 1. g3 as white with any book I have ever distributed. Not >>that it is a bad move, but it suggests that something is way wrong with the >>setup you are using for Crafty, at least. >> >>Aha. I see you are using the fritz powerbook with max variety... >> >>That begs the question of what your "tournament" is supposed to show, since a >>wide book introduces _lots_ of luck into the outcome, and won't be reproducible >>by anyone else since nobody uses one common book for multiple engines... > >What do you mean "nobody"? Everybody does do it all the time! And a wide book is >even better, it shows what your search-object (engine) is capable of in a wide >variety of positions, in stead of playing over and over and over the same few >"proven" openings. If Crafty is mated in 12 moves in an irregular opening, >wouldnt' that be interesting to know? Think about it. Not if that opening is 1. g3, which neither it nor I (nor most anybody) will play. Ditto for the 1. f4 openings, the 1. b4 openings, etc. I don't write code to handle such cases, if I never expect to have to play them over the board... Now if you choose _reasonable_ openings, that might be another matter. But I don't particularly like 1. g3 and after having played chess for 40+ years as a human, I _still_ don't ever play that opening... > > >Best regards, >Bas.
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