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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:11:53 05/07/02

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On May 06, 2002 at 19:37:12, stuart taylor wrote:

>I've also often wondered if even GM annotators know exactly what they're talking
>about, or put things in the right perspective. So you agree it seems!
> So, there are some games which are so deep searchwise that it is still not easy
>to check out all variations, even with a top computer.
> So in such games, you would be claiming that it is great human searching
>faculty at work, basically.
>
>Anyway, the big question now is, what is the value of many GM written chess
>books? All they can speak about is not-so-important things, and not very
>provable things. All they do is to illustrate with a game in which the final
>result is winning, when that knowledge is used, but it may not be BECAUSE of
>that!
>S.Taylor


I agree that many tactical annotations by GMs have errors in them.  Probably
"most" do.  I think any GM annotating any game since the early '90s is
*negligent* if he does not use a computer to assist with the tactics.  The
combination of a fast computer, strong program, and a GM spending the necessary
time will, IMHO, produce the best annotations.



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