Author: blass uri
Date: 13:28:04 11/06/98
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On November 06, 1998 at 15:55:53, Reynolds Takata wrote: >On November 06, 1998 at 13:03:17, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>The following is a direct quote from the M-Chess Pro 8 review by Komputer Korner >>(see Computer Chess Reports page): >>"The reason to buy M-Chess Pro 8 is to obtain the strongest chess playing >>program against humans. Of course Rebel 10 (with it's strength against humans >>being almost on a par with M-Chess Pro 8 and with many more features) gets the >>nod but again if you want the absolute strongest then M-Chess Pro 8 is for you." >> >>Does Komputer Korner know something I don't? Or is this a classic case of a >>completely arbitrary opinion being presented as if it were a cast in stone fact? >> >> >>Peter > >Well unfortunately no one will give me Mchess 8.1, and i'm tired of being one >upped every time i buy a program so i think i will be content with having >Junior5 and Rebel 10. Though i think it is a bit remiss for KK to say this >program is better against humans than the other top programs. Especially when >one considers style, as i said any strong player can draw any program any time >they like. Though Genius 5 might get a win because it might bore you until you >fell asleep and lose on time. Point being different styles are better against >different opponents. He might want to say it is the best against the "majority" >of GM's. Though i doubt he would have any empirical data(sig # games against >masters+) to support such a claim(at least at this juncture). > >I prefer to say that comps are GM strength against opponents who play to win, >but they are not GM strength playing against people who play for a draw. I see that sometimes in comp-comp games that computers do mistakes in the endgame and manage to lose a dead draw positions so it may be a good strategy to play a boring game against programs and hope that the program will do a mistake in the endgame. This >is because frequently a strong player will make a WEAKER move, because playing >the weaker move often complicates the game especially against weaker opponents >and avoids the draw. I am interested to know if frequently strong players make a weak move for this purpose. I think that usually strong players do not need to do a weak move for winning weak players. Uri
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