Author: Andy Serpa
Date: 14:09:48 06/20/99
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On June 20, 1999 at 15:19:12, Francis Monkman wrote: > >On June 20, 1999 at 14:13:22, Pete Galati wrote: > >>TCB has been around for years. I don't actually remember by now why I no longer >>have a copy. But I'm quite sure that you can compile an opening book for that >>program. As it stands now without an opening book you are weekening the program >>because it is useing alloted time to calculate out those opening moves and that >>time could be better spent calculating moves later in the game. So you should >>look into getting an opening book for TCB if you like it. >> >>Pete > >The Winboard version (43) comes with a 10k (ie minimal) book. Yes, I am aware of the book, but haven't enabled it. That's the point I was making -- it beats every program I have with the book turned OFF and seems to come up with "book" moves anyway. This is one of the things that makes it so impressive -- how could it be so strong without anyone noticing? My hardware is rather modest, however. Maybe someone should try it on a fast machine...
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