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Subject: Re: Do programs need Openning books for correspondance chess???

Author: William Penn

Date: 20:01:58 03/26/04

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On March 26, 2004 at 19:27:25, Derek Paquette wrote:

>HI folks,
>the topic is self explanatory
>if your program is looking 25ply ahead in a correspondance chess match,
>would it really even need an openning book?
>
>wouldn't that be deep enough?

For correspondence chess, get the biggest junk database you can find, and
several smaller ones of higher quality. Take all opening books with a grain of
salt, although some of them can be helpful. It's always a challenge when
comparing book moves with the best move found by your program. Sometimes they
agree, sometimes they don't. When they don't agree, then you have to use your
own best judgement. There is no easy way.
WP



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