Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 11:55:02 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 14:23:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I don't think it is too surprising. It just highlights a weakness that programs >fail to understand >basic endgame ideas, and rely more on tactics than on knowledge to move along >thru a game. > >If a program has some basic holes in its knowledge about endgames, then removing >the queens >is going to highlight those holes. Or, the inverse, keeping queens on tends to >cover up those holes, >at least for a while. > >Programs that don't understand majorities, weak pawns, distant >majorities/passers, which minor >pieces work best with pawns in various configurations, the fact that pawns on >both wings give >better winning chances than pawns on one wing, etc, are going to have great >trouble with GM >players. > >I've given some examples of things I've had to fix after watching GMs pick on >the same hole >over and over. Today I don't see those huge holes cause me a lot of trouble >(yes I still have >holes, to be sure, but not the building-sized holes some "tactical" programs >possess..) and I >don't particularly care if queens come off early or not. If you hear someone >complain about >an early queen trade, you can rest assured they _know_ they have some serious >endgame >holes that need work... > >And you can also rest assured that after the kind of practice Kramnik has had >with Fritz, that >he _knows_ what kind of holes are there and he's going to park in them every >day, since they >can't be fixed due to match rules (stupid rules I might add). Great answer Dr. Hyatt, And I would add that if we are going to see a replicate game tomorrow, I mean a queenless middlegame followed by an almost pieceless endgame where Vlady acts as a "boa constrictor" snake we will have the confirmation of these flaws in the Fritz program (...only in this program ??). The positive aspect is that only a great champion as Vladimir Kramnik can really help the Fritz programmer to improve this already very strong program, fixing (...if possible) these major flaws. w.b.r. Otello
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