Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:04:07 02/25/04
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On February 25, 2004 at 22:10:44, Graham Banks wrote: >My understanding is that the Fritz powerbook is supposed to be a high class >opening book. > >By setting the minimum move played to 4 times, I'd have thought that any 'bad' >lines would be avoided, even with maximum variety. That is a very low setting. I will guarantee you that you will find some really ugly openings that slide in under that criteria. It has happened to me with my book, in fact. 1. g3 is a sample of something that Crafty would never play by itself, however, which highlights the problem. > >And playing 1.g3 shouldn't be seen as an excuse for White being disadvantaged. Would you force Karpov to play 1. f4? Programs are built around some basic book ideas. My choice for Crafty as white is 1. d4, always, against other computers, except when I want to get into a wild game when winning is extra important. But then I try 1. e4, not some oddball g3 or whatever type opening... > >Still - I guess I won't be able to please everybody! Hopefully, a number of you >will still find my tournament of value. > >Bob - I respect your efforts on behalf of the computer chess community and I >respect your program. If it's any consolation, Crafty performs a hell of a lot >better on a dual processor machine with ponder on. A friend of mine runs >tournaments at 40/120 on such a setup and Crafty has always held it's head high.
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