Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 14:31:11 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? I consider it part of the goal to write a chess engine to write the opening book and the code for opening book handling, creation, and learning. If the GUI handles part of the game then I cannot credit the engine the full success of a won game. But let's forget about that. I don't want to hijack this thread and disturb the fruitful discussion of an open book format. :) sincerely Andy
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