Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:08:28 12/09/02
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On December 09, 2002 at 00:11:41, Mike S. wrote: <snip> > >Regards, >M.Scheidl <snip> Thanks, Mike, for the very complete answer. I am still unclear on one point: Suppose one wished to verify that a chess engine were able to correctly evaluate positions in which some positional advantage(s), such as space advantage, were dominant. Presumably, this would require not one test position but a suite of test positions. Suppose a suite of test positions, each of which contained the positional features of interest, were used. Suppose also that the engine came up with the right answer for each and every position. Would it really matter why the engine came up with all the right answers? Maybe it came up with all of its answers "for all the wrong reasons." But if the engine solves every positional test position that the humans can throw at it, wouldn't it be safe to say the engine can play positional chess? Bob D.
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