Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 10:26:57 02/22/01
Go up one level in this thread
On February 22, 2001 at 12:51:34, Graham Laight wrote: >Here's the current chess game: > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|BR|BN|BB|BQ|BK|BB|BN|BR| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|WR|WN|WB|WQ|WK|WB|WN|WR| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > >Now, suppose we make the game bigger, by doubling the pieces, as follows: > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|BR|BR|BN|BN|BB|BB|BQ|BQ|BK|BB|BB|BN|BN|BR|BR| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP|BP| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP|WP| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >|BR|BR|BN|BN|BB|BB|BQ|BQ|BK|BB|BB|BN|BN|BR|BR| > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > >As you can see, I've also increased the size of the board to 15x15. There's >nothing special about the way I've increased the size - it's just an example. The value of the long range pieces (Q, B & R) would increase dramatically with respect to the short range ones (K, N & P). Positional play will be less important, because the pawns cannot control a significant amount of territory. For instance, I don't see how "a space advantage" would play much of a role. > >The question is - who would this help more? > >For the computers, this would be devastating. It would massively increase the >number of possible move choices at every ply for the entire game. It would kill >their ability to look a long way ahead. > >On the other hand, it would quickly increase the tactical possibilites, and make The tactical opportunities would increase, but the branching factor would kill the computers. Except for nabbing hanging material I would expect they would be weak tactically. >it much more difficult for humans to avoid making short term errors. > >My judgement is that chess modified this way would lower the playing standards >of the computers far more dramatically than it would the humans, and thus allow >us to start beating them easily again. > >-g I would tend to agree, but perhaps your example contains unforeseen surprises.
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