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Subject: Re: book or no book....... that is the question ??

Author: José Carlos

Date: 02:27:52 01/27/00

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On January 27, 2000 at 01:51:19, pavel wrote:

>hi guys,
>         i was wondering that which program actually plays good even without any
>opening book. in my personal test i have seen TCB beat crafty in several games
>(not more) without any form of opening book, and crafty with 12mb opening book.
>on the other hand in this position lg2000v2 plays very bad games without an
>opening book. looses 90% of the games against crafty (tested on almost 200
>games). is there any stats about it?
>what does the proggramers think?
>thanks
>pavel:))

  The book is part of the program, as the opening knowledge is part of the human
players strength. Humans study openings and programmers improve their programs
book. Don't separate the search engine from the opening book.

  José C.

• Re: book or no book....... that is the question ?? Alexander Kure 12:17:19 01/27/00

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