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Subject: Re: Which program plays

Author: blass uri

Date: 00:02:18 09/11/98

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On September 11, 1998 at 01:23:39, Serge Desmarais wrote:

>On September 11, 1998 at 00:01:10, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>
>>
>>I think the subject says it all.  Of course this is a huge matter of opinion,
>>but if a large group like this comes close to a consensus, then I'll consider
>>the input valuable.  To me, human play contains more subtle,
>>positional/strategic stuff as well as speculative sacrifices (fairly rare for
>>programs I gather - though some claim Hiarcs 6 does spec sacs).
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Roy
>
>
>   What does it mean "playing like a human"? If you look at the games of a
>Petrosian and compare them with those of Tal, Fischer, Kasparov etc. you will
>find that ONE SINGLE human style doesn't exist. Your question seems to imply
>that humans play chess in a way, while computers/programs play another way. In
>any given chess position, you do not have an infinite number of good/playable
>moves, but still more than one (usually or at least often). Now, today's
>programs do play moves that any human could/would play

Sometimes computers play stupid moves that no human in the level of at least
2000 elo could play.
I cannot say it about grandmasters

Uri





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