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Subject: Re: Result of my experiments, limited to Available books

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 11:37:05 02/20/05

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On February 20, 2005 at 14:08:18, Claude Le Page wrote:

>Hi Sandro!
>I don't doubt your skill ,but there is a question of time  : an opening book
>cotains about 500000 games , of which most are sidelines , but when you arrive
>to the critical lines an engine like Junior7 needs no more your improvements :
>how many theoretical novelties it has found!  I worked on Two Knights Defence ,
>and it cracked about every critical line  , completely changeing the Theory ,

well, but to reach those positions one program needs an opening book.
In that case the book has not been tuned or well enough...I do not know as that
book is not made by me...you should ask the maker about it..

>but it's necessary that you avoid for it lines that it does not like , as closed
>Ruy Lopez or QGD
>Obviously , this is not done   , then why to present the book as tuned?

Well, commercial book needs to include variety and the possibility to play
common lines to avoid people to complain about this...

>Maybe this problem is special to Junior , but it would be astonishing!

Try it with Shredder 9...

>Friendly Yours
>Claude Le Page

Sandro




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