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Subject: Re: Komputer Korner Tip of the Week Number 89

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 01:00:37 01/04/99

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On December 31, 1998 at 02:31:50, greg moller wrote:

>On December 31, 1998 at 01:47:18, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>Some people may have been wondering about the worth of engine
>>tournaments in Fritz 5- 32 bit.
>>Well the real value (besides the advantage of being able to watch
>>International master level games)  is that you can create a book with
>>just one opening and defence and force all the engines to play this
>>over and over. After a while when watching the games and then going
>>over them again afterwards (they are automatically saved in a sub
>>directory called COMPBASE) , you can get a real good idea how to play
>>that opening yourself. There is simply no substitute as good as this
>>for studying openings. Try it. You will wonder why you ever did
>>anything else studying openings.
>
>I hope you're not implying that the programs are coming up with the best
>possible plans in those chosen openings. Wouldn't it be great if they did ?...
>;-)
>
>regards, greg

No just new ideas that you wouldn't have thought on your own. Even Kasparov is
having his assistants do this now with engine vs engine matches in Fritz. Even
Gary picks up an idea sometimes from this.
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Komputer Korner
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Komputer Korner



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