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

Author: blass uri

Date: 09:17:57 07/18/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 12:10:57, stuart taylor wrote:

>Let me clarify. Of course computers always look for the best move in attack, and
>also play the move they evaluate as as best. But when they see the evaluation
>going down, they will look perhaps a whole extra ply deeper in search of finding
>a way to bring the evaluation back up again.
>  But if they see their evaluation going up, they do that move, sometimes very
>quickly, atleast they don't grind away labouriously trying to find something
>even better, even if the first "good move" is not all that good relatively.

My knowledge is that Junior almost always finish the iteration of moves.

If it see the evaluation goes up it will usually not play without checking all
the other moves in the same iteration.

Uri



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