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

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 07:37:49 10/13/04

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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.

So it's surrender for the humans now?

>Fischer mentioned before that he plays against computers with opening book
>disabled cause the opening book is made by man.

They also wrote the programs and the endgame tablebase functions.  In fact, they
wrote every single bit of each and every chess system.

>Its also interesting to see how the computer navigate the opening using purely
>engine.

No.  Not particularly.  In fact, it is rather tedious to see them do the same
thing over and over.

>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.

No.  We will have the same thing every time, unless the computer deliberately
plays less than optimal 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.

If the humans can no longer face the machines, then machine verses machine games
have become more interesting and human verses machine games less interesting.



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