Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 03:36:07 09/22/04
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On September 22, 2004 at 05:51:01, martin fierz wrote: >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. Strong engines don´t just play slightly inferior moves in the opening. They play often complete nonsense without book. I think we have discussed enough examples here in the past. >i believe uri is right in that weaker engines profit more from the book. This goes without saying but I don´t see where Uri made this statement. Michael > >cheers > martin
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