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Subject: Re: Computers are stronger at defense than attack! Humans-not.

Author: James Robertson

Date: 06:52:34 07/18/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 01:49:26, blass uri wrote:

>On July 17, 2000 at 22:12:39, stuart taylor wrote:
>
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><snipped>
>>Computers spend much longer on a position when their evelution goes down as they go deeper.
>
>humans also spend more time when there are in trouble
>
><snipped>
>>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".
>
>This is wrong.
>computers always look for the best move.
>
><snipped>
>>  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.
>
>They can and khalifman is not the only player who did it succesfully against
>Deep Junior to get a draw.
>
>Uri

Yes, Bareev was amazing. I am still confused as to why Huebner resigned when he
had excellent drawing chances, considering the way other humans were able to
draw when more than a pawn down.

James



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