Author: Francesco Di Tolla
Date: 21:49:28 08/11/98
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>So it really doesn't matter whether the operator selects opening moves at the >instant the game is played, or months before, as the human is still making the >choice. I don't agree: if you let the program do it, to play different against each player you have to put in the knoweledge (like a database of games) and code a selection algorithm. I think this would be interesting to see. >In most events, after the first move is played, the human can not participate >any further, ie it would be illegal for me to do anything to Crafty after white >plays his first move. Prior to this, I could certainly enter commands that say >"if he plays e4, play e6, or if he plays c4 play Nf6", but after the game is >started, rules generally do not allow the human to take any active role in the >game. I'd hope the Rebel vs Anand games were played in this way, otherwise it >certainly is at odds with how such matches have been played in the past. This is the point! May be I'm wrong, so I would apologize from now already for starting the thread, but what do you get from the followin sentence from the commentary (by Jeroen Noomen) on game 7 of the match Rebel-Anand after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6: "I chose this opening because I wanted an unbalanced game for Rebel, relying on the surprise value. Playing a Queen's Indian or a Queen's gambit instead, was probably exactly Anand was hoping for. He knows too much about this opening, so lets play unorthodox!" and at move 3 "A small success: Anand avoids the main theoretical lines, starting with 3 cxd5, 3 Nc3 or 3 Nf3." Am I misunderstanding it? regards Franz
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