Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:59:51 02/11/06
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On February 11, 2006 at 04:16:28, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>On February 11, 2006 at 03:59:05, Uri Blass wrote:
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>>On February 11, 2006 at 02:01:44, Peter Stojanov wrote:
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>>>Why they test the engines that have default opening books with a general
>>>book,sorry but I don't take their results and rating list seriously.
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>>Thee ssdf use default opening book.
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>>I do not see a reason not to take results seriously because the testers do not
>>use the default opening book.
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>>There are people who are interested in results with default opening books and
>>there are people who are interested in results of the engines not with the
>>books.
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>true, but if you change the book it is a different player, so the name of the
>program should be changed to show this.
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>I know some people would not agree (who cares), but it is like to force a human
>player to play different openings...it is not the same player anymore as results
>are concerned.
>Sandro
I agree. When I test versions and parameters, I am testing the engine, thus I
use an opening suite to annul the effect the openings might have on the result.
However, if my intention were to test the better program, I'd have to use the
book included, since presumably that is what will bring the greatest results. I
don't think one should eliminate the investment made to have a custom-made
top-notch book such as yours. A strong well-tuned opening repertoire is a
significant part of any master's or grandmaster's playing performance.
Possibly worse, is to use a book that is fine-tuned for an engine with a very
specific style (such as Junior 9), and impose it on an engine with a completely
different playing style. The book may give great results for the engine it was
designed for, but can easily give much worse results for an engine that is not
addapted for it.
Albert
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