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Subject: About the value of an opening book

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:59:54 10/14/04

Frank Quisinsky did a tournament between programs

GreenLight was leading with 6.5/8
Dragon had 2.5/8

see http://f27.parsimony.net/forum67213/messages/3474.htm

He discovered that both programs played without opening book so he repeated
their game

Results here:

http://f27.parsimony.net/forum67213/messages/3496.htm

GreenLight 4.5/8
Dragon 2.5/8

You can see that the programs scored 2 points more without opening book.

I can say about it that it is possible that opening book has negative value not
because of bad moves but because the programs simply does not know how to
continue after book when it could know to continue better without book.

Uri

Re: About the value of an opening book Pallav Nawani 11:06:23 10/15/04
Re: About the value of an opening book Dann Corbit 16:30:20 10/14/04
Re: About the value of an opening book David H. McClain 14:52:39 10/14/04
Re: About the value of an opening book James T. Walker 14:04:46 10/14/04

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