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Subject: Re: The importance of opening books -- a simple experiment

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 16:02:00 02/17/05

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On February 17, 2005 at 15:59:07, David Dahlem wrote:

>Wouldn't the best way to test the importance of opening books be to test an
>engine without a book against the same engine with a good opening book?

No

The best test is to test against another opponent.

results between different personalities of the same engine can be misleading so
if you want to test the value of Hiarcs book you need to test it against a third
opponent.

Uri



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