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Subject: Re: Deep Blue--Part III

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 05:48:46 05/14/98

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On May 13, 1998 at 13:06:56, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 13, 1998 at 07:14:16, Ralph Jörg Hellmig wrote:
>
>>So if there is a special time control, one program may play positionally
>>better, but the other one has better tactics, for example, the
>>positional better program will be stronger if the time control
>>increases, as it does also see the deciding tactics ...
>
>Another chess legend.
>
>Who has any proof of this statement?
>
>More knowledge better at longer time controls? Take a look at the top of
>the SSDF list, sit down a minute, and think again about this legend.

SSDF, you're quoting an excellent example of where knowledge is
needed :)

>I think that if you have more time to compute, you need LESS knowledge.
>We still have to find which kind of knowledge is needed in this case,
>and which other can be thrown out happily.

Yes happily delete everything. Including the piece square table that's
left
in your program.

>    Christophe





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