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Re:The neural network of the Stockfish chess engine by nl on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:17PM (#25769378)
> Consider that computer chess tournaments do not start with the pieces in their initial positions. The first 5-15 moves are predetermined by human master players to achieve positions that are imbalanced while not having a side with a clearer advantage.

I've never heard this before, and it seems strange! Do you have a link to tornament rules with this?

Computer chess is traditionally really strong in openings because their opening book is just database lookups. What is getting a human to play the same opening book supposed to achieve?

Re:The neural network of the Stockfish chess engine by bonzini on Friday January 15, 2021 @02:42AM (#25788094)
Search for the TCEC opening books or read the FAQ at https://wiki.chessdom.org/Openings_FAQ. Opening books haven't been used for a few years now. They were only needed because computers had issues evaluating opening positions.