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

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 07:41:52 02/18/05

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On February 17, 2005 at 18:59:47, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 17, 2005 at 16:22:18, Claude Le Page wrote:
>
>>for this test I think it would not be quite fair to play without any book for
>>one engine :in first moves every engine makes unreasonable ( and probably
>>losing) moves
>
>
>No
>It is simply not correct.
>
>engines may not do the best moves without book but usually the opponent will
>find itself out of book not in a winning position.
>
>>The best would be to have a "just sufficient" for one engine , and an
>>"excellent" for the other
>
>No
>
>This test will not answer the question of the value of good book relative to no
>book.
>
>Uri

Incorrect: This answer has already been answered over the last years in this
Forum but you are not awared and you will never be awared about the inmportance
of a tuned book.

It is quite nice, because your oppoenents will be continuing getting easy
points. Continue as today. :))))))))



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