Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 01:30:45 06/07/00
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On June 07, 2000 at 04:16:50, blass uri wrote: [snip] >I am also not sure if e4 is the best move and it is possible that Nxf7 is the >best move. Or something altogether different. Call to mind the evergreen game. Most people "ooh'ed and ah'ed" when they first saw the ending sequence (including me). Computers actually avoid that series of trades and don't 'fall for it.' But the point I am making is that a big group of experts might look at that position and conclude that a certain course was best. But at least one person (his opponent) did not see what was coming. So, until checkmate is formally proved (or unless the move is literally forced) I will never believe that any move is the best unless it is unmistakeably proved to lead to checkmate. Programs can be fooled by null move problems and miss something brilliant. It is rare, but it clearly does happen. Humans can be fooled too. Look at all the busts in ECM, for an example of why human analysis cannot always be trusted.
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