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Subject: So which programs beat which, only due to superior chess understanding?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 16:25:07 05/05/02


I mean, where are we? I cannot make it out yet.
Can we safely say that a top program of today can beat all programs from before
1996, i.e. 1995 and below? Which program, and if so, can we say that it is due
to true chess understanding and correctness, or just due to greater power to
calculate all the tactics? And even THAT maybe not, because even that might only
be due to seeing the extra ply or so.
 But what about true chess knowledge? I mean long-term planning, and playing for
minute advantages etc?
 Can any prgram of today beat all programs until a certain year, due to that
knowledgs alone?

I feel that if a 1995 program can beat a top program of today in even one game,
that means that there are aspects which that older program knows better than the
new one, or why else would it win?
S.Taylor



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