Author: martin fierz
Date: 02:51:01 09/22/04
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On September 22, 2004 at 05:24:59, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On September 22, 2004 at 04:32:02, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 22, 2004 at 04:00:18, WAEL DEEB wrote: >> >>>...is proving it with his fantastic book oriented tournaments! >> >>If the engine is strong enough to find better moves by itself then opening book >>is not needed. >> >>This is a good reason to try to develop stronger engines instead of working on >>opening books because when the engine get stronger the opening book problem will >>be solved automatically because the engine is not going to need a book to avoid >>blunders. >> >>Uri > >That´s just nonsense. No engine is strong enough to find generally better moves >by itself. Won´t change in the next 10 years at least IMHO. > >Michael it's definitely not nonsense. i agree that the engine won't find a better (or the best according to the book), but a weak engine will make real blunders in the opening while a strong engine might just play a slightly inferior move. i believe uri is right in that weaker engines profit more from the book. cheers martin
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