Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 05:30:10 12/15/98
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On December 15, 1998 at 06:19:06, Arda Renkver wrote: >I have read many interesting postings in here about those tests you guys >conducting. My question is that if you are just testing the engine strength for >different settings shouldn't the opening books be turn off in any case.Otherwise >you get no feeling as to how the "setting" is able to handle a position without >finding itself in a comfortable situation in which it arrives by using opening >theory from memory.In this case you only have match results without knowing >whether or not the result due to opening advantage or disadvantage.Maybe playing >with a set of predetermined openings with white and black would clear the cloud >a bit.I believe Mr.Kaufman (IM) used to suggest that a long time ago in print. This subject has been touched on many many times, I myself as previously stated use the Nunn test positions from Chessbase.
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