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Subject: Re: Crafty 17-10 v Fritz 6a Nunn 1 @ 120'/40 + 60'/20 + 30'

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 09:12:50 04/27/00

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On April 27, 2000 at 11:59:39, blass uri wrote:

>Why do you think that a program should be capable to do it?

Because that would evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of every program
concerning _every_ aspect of a chess program. From a scientific point of view it
would also mean that endgame evaluation algorithms could eventually siege to be
developed. That would be a shame IMHO.

>I see no reason to teach a program things that it knows because of tablebases.
>Opening is a different story because a program can be out of book very quickly
>after few moves and need to know to play there.

It doesn't _know_ the tablebases, it uses them. There's a cognitive difference.

>The target of the nimzo7.32's programmer was to create the best program when it
>can use tablebases and not to create the best program when it cannot use
>tablebases.

That is the choice of the author.

>By your logic Nimzo7.32 is weaker than previous versions of nimzo in the endgame
>because nimzo7.32 needs tablebases to win KRK endgame when previous versions do
>not need tablebases.

Yes, that would be correct.

Best wishes...
Mogens



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