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Subject: Re: Hydra's Limit Of A Ten Move Per Line Opening Book

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 20:19:18 06/24/05

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On June 24, 2005 at 13:41:08, Steve B wrote:

>I generally never read any posts related to PC Chess progs so Perhaps this topic
>has already been discussed here..if so ..just point me to the right thread
>
>if not...what do the experts say here about this programming concept?
>
>lets forget the current debacle with  Adams..i am not certain he was a right
>choice to play Hydra..
>
>the Hydra team feels that after 10 moves the computer can do better then the
>accumulated knowledge of master theory
>
>a pretty bold assumption.. not to mention a bit brazen
>
>do any other of the worlds leading Progs employ a similar limted ply count book?
>
>Steve
 Hello Steve,
I think this is just hype. In game one Hydra was clearly in book all the way to
Rbl. I can assure you that if you are only using a 10 move book you don't need
GM Lutz on the team. Maybe, they have experimented with smaller books but
clearly not for this match.
Regards
Tony



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