Author: Paulo Cesar Soares
Date: 12:40:31 02/28/06
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On February 28, 2006 at 15:01:24, stuart taylor wrote: >On February 28, 2006 at 11:09:32, Majd Al-Ansari wrote: > >>Letting Rybka use an optimized book is almost not fair for other programs. It >>is already way stronger than anything out there, and the only time it usually >>loses is when it is caught with a book move. Very rarely do you see Rybka get >>outplayed in the middle game in an even position ... and I mean VERY VERY >>RARELY. Rybka was already beating any engine with its own native book very >>handily, so now I guess things will really get ugly. They might get even uglier >>once the last few weaknesses of Rybka are covered (endgame knowledge). >> >>I can assure you also, that this "public" book is not the best book that they >>have. The best book is kept for special tournaments. But still it is a vast >>improvement over anything out there. The already lopsided tournament results >>will be stretched even further. > > >Can't the top engine be even more the top, to make absolutely sure? >(why should I always have to worry that anothe engine might find a better move? >I prefer all the knowledge under one roof) >S.Taylor The programmers of the top engines will work hard for to overcome Rybka, this is one of the best things than Rybka brought for us, enthusiasts of the chess computer. Paulo Soares
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