Author: stuart taylor
Date: 08:49:40 10/26/05
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On October 26, 2005 at 10:18:42, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On October 26, 2005 at 08:12:43, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On October 26, 2005 at 04:12:24, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On October 26, 2005 at 03:19:57, Mark Mason wrote: >>> >>>>There is a thead lower down about how much stronger he new HIARCS wil be than >>>>the curent leaders, but didn't HIARCS 10 come 3rd behind Fruit 2.2 and Junior 9 >>>>in the recent CCT'05 rapid tournament (see results below) or have I >>>>misunderstood something ? >>>> >>>>http://www.homer-chess.com/news.php?readmore=33 >>>> >>>>Mark >>> >>> >>>No >>> >>>I believe that Junior9 did not play in the tournament. >>>The version that played was probably later version of Junior when I do not know >>>the hardware of it. >>> >>>I also doubt if Hiarcs10 played in that tournament. >>> >>>I can add that it seems to me that hiarcs used a poor opening book in that >>>tournament. >>> >>>Uri >> >>I always like to believe that a strong program can outplay an opponent even with >>a bad opening (book). But there again, I suppose that a bad opening is already >>3-4 weak moves to begin with, which makes the program not what it really is. >>Still, I'd like to believe that NO opening book WOULD make the program what it >>is meant to be (with the program making its own opening "by ear"). >>S.Taylor > > > >With strong programs such as the top programs of today, a bad book spells an >almost certain defeat. It used to be different with programs of yesteryear, of >course. But maybe no book is better than a bad book, because the computer program itself, is stronger than a badly analysed opening line. Also, if the opponent program is about 100 elo (in some casses it might require 200+ elo!) or more, below the stronger program with its bad book, maybe too, it will recover and go on to win. S.Taylor
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