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

Author: Derek Paquette

Date: 00:39:49 03/27/04

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On March 26, 2004 at 21:21:07, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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?
>
>Try your favorite chess program on the Evans Gambit
>
>In particular, this position is worth a look.  Make sure your book is turned
>off:
>[D]r1bqk1nr/pppp1ppp/2n5/b7/2BpP3/2P2N2/P4PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - am dxc3; bm Nge7;
>
>Many other gambits may prove troublesome sans book.
>
>I would be interested to see which programs can solve this problem from first
>principles in tournament time control.


So the move to make is nge7 and the move to avoid is dxc3??

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