Author: Chris Carson
Date: 09:35:01 07/07/99
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On July 07, 1999 at 12:14:23, Paul Richards wrote: >On July 06, 1999 at 20:52:13, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>There are an awful lot of decent looking lines out to (say) 20 ply. One phase >>of the C.A.P. project, which I call "Bulldozer" will brute force the first 5 >>plies. Then "encouraging" lines will be explored from there. Already, by 5 >>plies, the number of possibilities is surprisingly large. I am not sure >exactly how large it is, since I have not calculated the "fake" e.p. >>reductions yet (those records tagged as e.p. but the e.p. can't have any >effect, so just mask it...) > >Hmm. I tend to think that at early stages you will likely reproduce what is >already accepted theory, for the most part. You could also simply take an >existing book and begin at its endpoints, extending from there and correcting >any lines that might be "busted". That would get a jump start on expanding a >good book, as opposed to starting from scratch, though I expect you may have >begun doing this already. But with a little human guidance I think booking up >against something like 1.a3 is not difficult. It isn't necessary to play 1...e5 >and allow a whole gamut of reversed Sicilian and other King Pawn defenses. The >reasonable approach is to cut down White's options as much as he is attempting >to cut down yours, and play so that a3 becomes a wasted move. The easiest >approach would be a Gruenfeld setup or a flank setup with a kingside fianchetto. >This way you don't transpose to something where a3 would be useful, and from the >250 or so 1.a3 games I have in my database this strategy appears as successful >for black as any opening for white, which is the expected result if you end up >throwing away the first move. So I think as an anti-computer strategy this one >would have a very limited life. The GM could still win by superior play, but >not by virtue of avoiding the computer's book. As such he might as well play >his pet lines as white to try for a serious advantage. Well said. :) However, chess is chess and I suspect a good GM to prepare for an opponent (silicon or carbon). Best Regards, Chris Carson
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