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Subject: Re: The Book Problem, Open Book Format proposal, Request for comments.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:43:51 03/03/06

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On March 03, 2006 at 16:08:19, Jay Urbanski wrote:

>On March 03, 2006 at 15:59:03, Andreas Guettinger wrote:
>
>>My oppinion is the opening book is part of the engine and not of the GUI. So
>>every engine author should write his own book code and opening book tuned for
>>his engine. GUIs should know nothing about openings, nothing about endgames, but
>>should only present the game of chess in a neat way (and maybe the name of the
>>opening line), open, save and manage chess game files etc.
>>
>>Therefore I don't see the need for an open book format.
>>
>>regards
>>Andy
>
>This implies every engine author has the necessary time and/or and knowledge of
>opening theory to write a book tuned for his own engine - something I observe is
>clearly not the case or every engine would have it's own tuned engine book.
>Also, even if they did I am not sure why you think it is a good idea for every
>engine to create it's own book format and book code?  Why reinvent the wheel
>every time?

Having a consistent standard is always a good idea, if the standard is
sufficient for the purposes towards which it is aimed.



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