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Subject: Re: And its opponents need lots of survival instinct. :)

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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