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Subject: Re: Anti-computer openings

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:13:24 06/13/99

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On June 14, 1999 at 00:04:39, Brett Clark wrote:

>In human vs. computer matches, the human player will often play on odd opening
>to take a computer out of it's book.  Are there any opening books out there that
>incorporate some of the anti-computer openings, with favorable continuations for
>the computer?  If books incorporated favorable continuations for computers in
>odd openings, the human players would be less likely to try this tactic.

The alternative for programmers is to try to evaluate the openings with special
code, stuff that wouldn't be useful for the middlegame and ending.  Works ok for
me most times.  Having said that, I haven't had many odd-openings played against
me lately, most games are book thru several moves.

Will



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