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

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 09:25:37 02/20/05

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On February 20, 2005 at 11:04:15, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 20, 2005 at 08:39:47, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>
>>On February 20, 2005 at 07:08:45, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>Uri,
>>>
>>>do you think Kasparov can win without home preparation and without reading book
>>>and check what's new and novelties as well?
>>>
>>>Well, believe it or not it is the same thing...I mean the chances to win without
>>>this is like without a good opening book for a chess program.
>>>
>>>Sandro
>>
>>
>>Read this and you will realize why it is a waste of your valuable time to debate
>>with Mr. Blass.
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?412706
>
>I did not reply earlier to that post of sandro because I did not see
>big difference between my opinion and sandro's opinion.
>
>My opinion is simply that the interesting part is the engine and not book
>preperation against computer opponents.
>

All the components are interesting and important.

You have already said. The book is _unimportant.

http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?412706

Of course, there are difference in your opinion and the Necchi´s opinion.


>The point is that an engine that prefer opening A and not opening B may be able
>to play better opening B and not opening A after it is improved.
>

I have have already said you this for years. Perhaps, you have begun to
understand my point....


>It means that the book maker will need to change the opening book to teach it to
>prefer opening B and not opening A.
>
>In other words the book for tournament 1 may be little relevance to future
>tournament 2 when the work of the author for tournament 1 is still relevant for

Well, again you are at the beginning.... That is so obvious, when has a book of
a top engine never been updated for the next Tournament? God............

>tournament 2 because without the basis that he had in toutnament 1 he could not
>improve the engine for tournament 2.
>

The books are tested and adapted continuosly to the engines changes. Why you
pretend to draw conclusions that have been already known for years?

The unusual world of Mr. Blass..... :)))))



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