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bretti
Hi Alain,
this is very interesting, but how can it be (out of book at move 4 and 5)? I wonder cause of the huge book: according to wiki (based on eurochess 1995) the opening book contains 300.000 pos., but only on tournament-levels (f1-f8) it uses a special tournament-book. Maybe the Sparc doesn´t play at tournament level?
Greetings - bretti
No, it did not play at tournament level because there is no tournament level as fast as 30s/move.
So, the full opening book was used...
Anyway, my understanding of tournament books is that the computer selects only the best answers in this mode but I don't think that the number of positions will be reduced so my guess is that it should not be "out of book" sooner with a tournament book than with the normal book.
But may be I am wrong here ? (it would not be the first time

)
Best regards,
Alain