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Subject: Re: A novel approach to opening books and learners

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 09:08:25 01/06/99

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On January 06, 1999 at 11:45:58, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On January 06, 1999 at 11:32:49, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On January 06, 1999 at 11:12:12, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I think this should be fully a joke. Of course, a prog with a very small book
>>>will very painfully react on book preparations by the opponent (manually or
>>>automatically) because its replies can be predicted by playing a few games.
>>>I'd bet that even a very strong engine like Tiger will suffer in this case
>>>heavily against a strong book learner when playing a few dozen games.
>>
>>It is not happening... and you lost your bet. What was it? :)
>
>Suggestions ?

Modest: a Ferrari F-50? In Spain the 6th of January we celebrate the Magic
Kings. Many presents for children of all ages... Thanks. :)

Enrique

>>So far Tiger has played 90 games against 9 opponents with strong and aggressive
>>learners, and it got away with murder (no learner, practically no book). Before
>>entering Tiger and when Christophe told me it had no learner, I thought it would
>>be massacred, but it isn't.
>>
>>Enrique
>>
>>>(However, Tiger might very well dominate a considerably weaker learner, because
>>>the learning won't work in case the learner can't score at all.)
>
>You are saying "it got away with murder"; so may be the above statement is true
>here.
>
>Uli



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