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Subject: Re: Rebel 10 book learning

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 04:52:05 12/21/98

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On December 21, 1998 at 05:34:54, Ralph E. Carter wrote:

>>>>I read in IM Kaufman's review that Rebel10 does have book learning.
>>>>Can anyone confirm this ? I think I recently read somewhere that this was a
>>>>missing feature. (I could be confusing it with another program -my apologies to
>>>>IM Kaufman)
>>>
>>>It does have book learning.
>>
>>The question is: How good is it?
>>I am thinking of the following case:
>>Player beats Rebel where Rebel doesn't come into the rebel.mvs but only stays in
>>his internal tournament book (thrown out e.g. in move 6). What will happen? Will
>>Rebel duplicate that line again? The Rebel move values are not in the internal
>>tournament book bt in the rebel.mvs. So learning in tat above described game
>>doesn't work. Am I right? Ed?
>
>I can't answer your question, because I don't use book learning in any of my
>programs that have it.
>
>The computer's results against ME, are not appropriate data to put in a book of
>GM moves.

I know but such lines can be and were found and nothing is more boring than
playing the same line again and again falling into that trap. With book learning
it can be avoided.



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