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Subject: Re: Next comp vs humans, comp should not use book

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 06:24:33 10/13/04

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On October 13, 2004 at 09:04:40, David Dahlem wrote:

>On October 13, 2004 at 08:40:57, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>
>>On October 13, 2004 at 08:31:07, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On October 13, 2004 at 07:42:24, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 13, 2004 at 06:06:52, emerson tan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Since computers can play much better than humans, the next team humans versus
>>>>>team computers, computers should not use opening books.
>>>>>
>>>>>Fischer mentioned before that he plays against computers with opening book
>>>>>disabled cause the opening book is made by man.
>>>>>
>>>>>Its also interesting to see how the computer navigate the opening using purely
>>>>>engine. It is also interesting to see humans play against the computers which
>>>>>does not play book and we will have an unfamiliar position in less than 10
>>>>>moves.
>>>>>
>>>>>Get rid of the tablebases also. The ability to tire on human part and the
>>>>>ability to blunder is already a big disadvantage to humans.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I completly agree and want to make an extension to that proposal: All humans
>>>>should be lobotomized to lose the knowledge about opening they did not invent.
>>>>Then we would have a equal match!
>>>>
>>>>Bye
>>>>Ingo
>>>
>>>Human have to think during openings, they don't look up moves in a list. If
>>>computers created their own opening book completely by their own learning, then
>>>we would have an equal match. :-)
>>
>> So we must forbit human GM's and generally all chess players to read chess
>>books. They should not have the right according to this logic, to learn
>>something that they have not created with their own learning........
>
>I repeat, humans use their brain to make their opening moves. They do not look
>at chess books during the game to make a move. Human memory is open to mistakes.

The same is true for opening book creators. As well as GM seconds. I don't see a
big difference between opening preparation by a GM with the help of his seconds,
and the creation of an opening book for a computer program. Perhaps the
difference is that the GM needs more time to remember to correct lines.

>Computers with opening books, on the other hand, do not think during the
>opening, they are picking moves from a list.

Human players do that as well. I usually do not have to think a lot during the
opening phase of a game myself. The only reason I take my time in making the
move is to be able to concentrate on the game.

bye,
Richard.



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