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Subject: Re: Revisiting WCSAC #398

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:08:18 08/22/03

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On August 22, 2003 at 11:55:31, Steven Edwards wrote:

>If a program can play chess, then it is a chess progam.

Meh. It was designed to solve problems, not play games.

That's a significant design difference that makes the
comparison in the first post meaningless in my view.

>>As you just said, it was meant for tactical (and specifically mate) searches,
>>not for playing games.
>
>No, in the original paper, only one example (WCSAC #398) is a forced mate.  All
>the other searches are for material gain.

Can you post a few more examples from the original
paper (together with Paradises performance)?

--
GCP



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