Author: stuart taylor
Date: 00:38:34 07/11/00
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On July 10, 2000 at 23:42:34, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >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 I mean, maybe new knowledge was added, and the players had yet to discover its holes. But when they do it will be seen to be far less stunning. S.Taylor
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