Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:04:31 06/02/98
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On June 02, 1998 at 09:05:17, blass uri wrote: > >On June 02, 1998 at 05:03:32, Inmann Werner wrote: > >>Alpha - Beta is silly? > >I am sure about it >grandmasters are better than computers and do not use the >Alpha- Beta >It is hard to find a good algoritham >and the target should be to find less silly algoritham >> >>Yesterday, I tried the LCTII Test Suite, position LCTFIN01. I was >>amazed, that INMICHESS (my program) needed depth 9 to solve the >>position. (running pawn) >> >> >>The position: Kc2/Pf2/kc4/Pg4/Pf5/Ph6/pb7/pf7/pg7/ph6 >>Best Moves: 1.f6 2.gxf6 3.f4 4.b5 5.g5 6.fxg5 7.fxg5 8.hxg5 9.g6 >>....->Queen > >I did not understand the position >white and black cannot have the same pawn at h6 > >Uri actually, I've been playing chess for 40 years now, and *I* use alpha/ beta when I play. IE once I analyze my first candidate, and then start on the second candidate I often quit quite quickly when I see something bad, without really analyzing to see "how" bad. So it is not that "foreign" a concept to chessplayers, they just don't realize they are doing the same thing...
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