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Subject: Re: Score for the Arena Opening Books, so far Wizard-v02 is leading.....

Author: Gabor Szots

Date: 08:45:42 09/13/04

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On September 13, 2004 at 08:21:42, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On September 13, 2004 at 06:59:23, Gabor Szots wrote:
>
>>You are wasting your time.
>
> Can you make a proposal for what he should do? And can you give some facts why
>he is wasting his time?
> I don't agree he is wasting his time, since with this test i have some
>indication to the quality of the various books, while i had no idea for most of
>the books before i read his posts.

Hello George,

Yes. Once I was asked to test two books by two different authors for the engine
Chezzz 1.0.3. I played some 160-170 games with both books. The difference in
score negligible. I came to the conclusion that with a "general purpose" book
you can't show an advantage for any engine.
What he should do is to create engine specific books, taking into account the
playing style of the engine, its strength and weaknesses. Just like the profis
do. For that he should study each engine thoroughly. When he creates such a
book, that is something worth comparing to a general purpose book. If he does
that for a commercial engine he may even make money.

> And also don't forget that often computer chess games are fun to watch:-)

I agree totally. That is what I do every day!

Regards,
Gábor



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