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Subject: Re: Opening books

Author: Keith Kitson

Date: 10:14:07 02/01/00

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Unless the competition has a specific rule regarding opening books (and I cannot
recall to mind any major championship that does) I believe that it is up to the
programmers to determine how they want to approach the opening book question.

In my experience the majority of chess programs I have show on occasion that
they can play several lines from their book and come out of book with a negative
evaluation for themsleves.  This doesn't happen all the time, but more often
than I would expect if the book is tuned to the playing style of the program.

I am sure there will be many other knowledgable experts that can expand my
views.

Keith



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