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Subject: Re: thought on Human Vs Programs

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 04:54:18 12/13/05

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On December 13, 2005 at 07:03:46, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>On December 13, 2005 at 03:50:29, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2005 at 03:25:12, Russell wrote:
>>
>>>Wouldnt Programs get destroyed if they were not using any opening books or
>>>database? From What I see even Top Programs doesnt play well without the book.
>>
>>As programs become stronger they will do with less book help.
>>Long book-lines may be faulty.
>
>Sorry, but I do not agree...It depends how the book is made.

Of course, it depends how the book is made. This answer is trivial.
We may assume that a GM like M. Adams knows his lines very well, but in his
first game against Hydra he met a new move 14.Rb1 instead of the usual 14.a4.
14.Rb1 was found by Hydra.

>
>>Chrilly Donninger writes that Hydra's book is 150 KByte large and contains only
>>solid main lines up to around move 10.
>
>If a book is really sound, it would be better than this solution. Of course if
>the program taking over is weaker it would loose anyway.
>
>The "solution" of cutting the lines was made to avoid weak moves later in the
>variations, and this can be done easily, but best would be to have a good book
>without weak moves in the lines...it is possible.

Yeah, a good book without weak moves would be best. Trivial too.
If we had a *very* good book, we wouldn't need an engine.
Solving the book problem sounds like solving chess.

You think it is possible? May be, but with a lot of work.

>
>>Kind regards
>>bernhard
>
>Sandro
Bernhard



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