Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:23:10 07/17/00
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On July 17, 2000 at 22:12:39, stuart taylor wrote: >Computers spend much longer on a position when their evelution goes down as they >go deeper. Therefore they defend very strongly, and are hard to beat. >They can defend against strong attacking play, much better than they can play >the same attacking play. >That's why they make boring games. They defend against the opponents >profoundest attacks, and don't bother making very profound attacks themselves, >as once they find a reasonable move, they don't look further. > They will never apply the dictum, "if you see a good move, don't play it, but >look for something better". > Human are the opposite. They play to win, due to their very nature. They >cannot spend their entire energy just on defence, and to avoid defeat. > A human doesn't ask himself, how shall my opponent not win,or not draw? they >think solely how shall I win? How shall I draw? How shall I defend? > Re. defense, the computer asks "how shall my opponents attack fail?] >It's very tedious. This is the difference in mentality between human and >machine. I think all the really good players are strong at defense. Look at all the GM and super GM draws that occur in the big tournaments.
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