Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 20:42:34 07/10/00
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On July 10, 2000 at 22:09:32, stuart taylor wrote: >On July 10, 2000 at 15:14:49, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>Maybe it is time to ask what Junior's opponents need, and not so much what >>Junior lacks. I find quite extraordinary that Junior didn't lose a game and >>managed to have a strong initiative in 3 out of 4 games. I didn't think any >>program would be capable of this against this kind of players. >> >>Enrique > >You mean that with a very slightly weaker human, junior would appear to have >a very good killer instinct but over here it is thwarted? Not really. I found surprising to start moaning about what Junior may lack instead of raving at the way it plays in Dortmund. > But I would say that chess programs all tend to lack the ability to smell the >opponent kings blood. It's their humanistic side. :) >You didn't think any program would be capable of etc.etc? But do you think this >will last once the new upgrades will be more familliar to players? I guess that a program may do better against the cream of the crop than against the Van der Wiels. But who knows. In any case, I didn't expect that a program would be capable of delivering this quality when playing top players. Enrique
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