Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:44:05 07/06/00
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On July 06, 2000 at 17:09:41, walter irvin wrote: > what oppenings are bad for the computer?? Closed positions. D00 Stonewall rings a bell. Lock up the pawns if you can. For want of something better to say, 1. e4 is a good start (for the human against a computer -- stodgy, boxed up, slow-moving). >what are the best oppenings for >computers ?? Wide open positions. For want of something better to say, 1. d4 is a good start (for the computer against a human -- wide open fireworks often follow). > have computers ever found on there own anything to add to oppening theory???? No. In fact, Deep Blue does not (to this day) know that it won the second contest with Kasparov. Which is to say that computers don't think at all. The only way to gain value from the output of a computer is for a human to hunker over it, puzzle it out, and find value or the lack thereof in it.
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