Computer named openings

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17th December 2008, 03:38pm
#1
by 8dot8
Chicago United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 65

I imagine that one day there will be variations named after computer programs.

The Sicilian Rybka 13.82 Beta Variation.

17th December 2008, 03:46pm
#2
by Mad_dog_96
Camlough Ireland
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 301

If a computer does come up with a variation then I think the credit should go to the person who invented and put the most work into the system.

17th December 2008, 05:12pm
#3
by Chovel
Seattle United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 16

Entire middle and end game will be... gamed out by programs.  There will be well practiced variations that require 10 digits to differentiate!

17th December 2008, 05:41pm
#4
by LYCAN148
Auckland New Zealand
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1152

maybe,just maybe

17th December 2008, 06:27pm
#5
by bondiggity
United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 1515

Well I don't think there are any good 'openings' left to be discovered. If we redefine openings as simply book moves, then yeah maybe but any 'opening' named after the program discovering it will be well into the middlegame.

18th December 2008, 06:03am
#6
by stm01
orissa India
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 392

may be

18th December 2008, 06:39am
#7
by Nytik
Southampton United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 4402

The thing with saying that there aren't any 'good' openings not found is that theory changes over time... what Victorian Masters would have seen as the best opening will be very different to the ones in common practice today. For example, it is now fairly rare for masters to play certain variations of the King's Gambit which would have been used a lot in the past.

So as theory changes, new openings will be discovered, or old ones will return, and current openings like the Guioco Piano will be thrown out as trash. Well, maybe not that, but some openings will certainly disappear from Master's repertoires.

18th December 2008, 06:48am
#8
by ghostofmaroczy
United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 228

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bc4 has been referred to as the Crafty Variation.  Crafty is a program by Robert Hyatt.  The move is bad but it is an example of what the original poster was talking about.

 

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