Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:00:17 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 14:43:18, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 09, 2003 at 14:41:39, Matthew Hull wrote: > > >>If the GUI can play half the game (opening moves), then it is part of the >>chess-playing software. The engine/GUI are one chess-playing entitiy. >>Therefore, you point is egregiously in error. > >Who says the GUI must play the opening moves?! Deep Sjeng plays the opening >by itself (when running under ChessBase GUI). > >Therefore, you point is egregiously in error. > >-- >GCP No it isn't. THe GUI _can_ play the book moves, if the author so chooses. And that means it is actively taking part in the game, rather than serving as a passive GUI between the engine and operator. Ditto for root tablebase positions. Just because _you_ didn't let it choose the book moves didn't mean that someone else didn't...
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