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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:42:46 07/19/00

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On July 18, 2000 at 14:29:53, blass uri wrote:

>On July 18, 2000 at 14:27:58, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On July 18, 2000 at 12:17:57, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>>Hiarcs too, usually. But if it is losing, it just goes on and on thinking, for
>>very long periods, letting its clock tick till quite near the end.
>> If that would help it salvage the position, it would be time well spent.
>
>Hiarcs is the only program that I know that does it.
>
>Uri

Crafty will do it also...




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