Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 11:19:31 06/13/00
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On June 13, 2000 at 06:19:46, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On June 13, 2000 at 03:30:37, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>I don't think I am missing the point. People think that computers have an >>unfair advantage, so they want to cripple them. I disagree adamantly. >> >>It is humans who have the unfair advantage. Just because they don't apply it >>properly is not the computer's fault. >> >>Humans have opening books. Does anyone have to sit and think to decide that 1. >>e4 or 1. d4 is better than 1. f4 or 1. h4? >> >>No thought is required because we have memorized the openings. Some very good >>players have memorized very deeply. Their "opening book" is probably as large >>or larger than any computer opening book. > >Well, computers play chess in a different way using calculation, while human >players play chess using their understanding of the game itself. That gives That's just your opinion of "understanding." I think that computers understand chess just fine. >different advantages and disadvantages. In principle computers have to use time >on each single move, whether it be the first or the last. I think the average >thinking time would be very similar. Human players would use less time in the >opening and endgame and much more in the middlegame. A computer would use more >time in the opening and endgame phase and less in the middlegame. I don't think >there's any timedisadvantage without a book. > >Opening knowledge is an inherent part of the human understanding of chess. The >same doesn't apply for computer programs. This and endgame knowledge is a part But opening books are an inherent part of computer chess programming. Otherwise, why does every program have one? I don't see the difference... >of the game of chess. When you play chess for the first time then every move >looks okay, but you gradually learn what works and what doesn't. The same should >apply for computer programs. If it can't play the game... well, then it's just But humans have teachers and read books. Surely programmers can teach their programs...? -Tom
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