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Subject: Re: Stupid chess programs!!! And that goes for most of them!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 11:08:00 12/15/99

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On December 15, 1999 at 13:42:50, Alexander Kure wrote:

>On December 15, 1999 at 13:08:20, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On December 15, 1999 at 11:44:52, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>
>>>Take the following position and setup on your PC:
>>>
>>>4b3/1r4k1/p3pr2/1p1pPp2/PPpP1Pp1/2P3Pp/K6P/8 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Every human would play 1.a5 without thinking, but your chessprogram plays
>>>1.exf6+??? It may be wrong to call a program stupid but.....
>>>
>>>Torstein
>>>
>>>( So far I have only tried it on Fritz 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 )
>>
>>I tried for about half a minute most of the programs I have and they all take
>>the rook. They are incredibly stupid, but they think the same of us for not
>>seeing instantly that this position is a mate in 74.
>>
>>8/8/8/8/2R1k3/2K5/1P6/3r4 b - - 0 1
>>
>>Enrique
>
>
>I understand what you mean, but THIS position is not a mate in 77 ;-)
>This instructive example once again shows that computer-chess has nothing to do
>with do with chess.

Hmmm... They mate you very nicely though. :)

Come on, Alex. They have nothing in common with our way of thinking, but chess
they do play it.

Enrique

>Greetings
>Alex



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