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Subject: Re: The Crazy Bishop

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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