Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 20:52:43 06/15/99
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On June 15, 1999 at 23:29:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >If you have an opening book that contains brilliant moves -- especially >positional or sacrifice based upon completion -- it is quite likely that they >will cause your program terrible harm. Having a brilliant move is of no >benefit, if your program does not know what to do with the position. Even if >the opening book suggests the next move, unless your program can see what to do >after that, having such a position could do a lot more harm than good. Being >able to utilize such a position means that you must exploit a plan that >understands the position. > >Opinions? If you want to be completely scientifically about, it is best to run two control tests. One with a prepare opening book with brilliant moves, and another one without it. Control test 1 will use the brilliant modified book, and play against engines without this new modified book. Control test 2 will use the same opening books without brilliant moves used by all the engines. This will tell you if such brilliant moves are harmful or not.
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