Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo
Date: 20:16:17 12/04/99
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On December 04, 1999 at 20:18:01, Marc Plum wrote: >On December 04, 1999 at 17:51:28, Lonnie Cook wrote: > >>On December 04, 1999 at 17:43:26, walter irvin wrote: > >( big snip) > >>>chess programs understanding is lower than uscf master ,but the speed of thought >>>of the computer is getting harder and harder for humans keep up . >> >>I agree Walter with your statement. However they win ... speed,opening books >>,learning,etc still means they win. Look at Samuel Reshevsky. never really >>studied openings and it showed sometimes but look how strong he was. he ad a >>flaw in his chesscharacter,just like computers, understanding, the concept is >>the same > >Pretty good analogy, although Reshevsky had a much deeper understanding of the >game than any computer. It may be easy for a 2200 player to see when a program >is being outplayed positionally, but it is very hard to win a winning position >against them, just as it was against Reshevsky. Computers still make mistakes >that a GM would not, but ratings and titles are determined by results, not >esthetics. >>Marc Yes, Grandmasters make mistakes that a computer would not also, the computer has very well tuned tactical capabilities, so this is obviously making up for the most part in its lack of understanding of the game just like Reshevsky obviously had real good understanding of the game thus making up for the most part, his opening play.
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