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Subject: The weaknesses of computers -- the definative list

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:35:18 07/17/00

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On July 17, 2000 at 14:15:54, Ed Schröder wrote:
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>#2. Computers have only a FEW weaknesses and CCC is full of it.

This is intriguing to me.

Here are the weaknesses that occur to me:

1.  Blocked positions are bad for computers

2.  Computers have bugs in the opening books.  If you discover one before a
contest, you can have an assured victory.  If you discover a bunch of them, you
can get a bunch of free wins.

3.  Computers are highly repeatable.  It is possible to beat them many times
using the same strategy.  For some programs, you can beat them with exactly the
same sequence repeatedly, but most programmers have repaired this absurdity.
But I think once you find a winning *technique*, you can use that over and over.

4.  Computers are weak in the early endgame (maybe 10-12 pieces left on the
board)

Any others?  Flaws in the list?


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• Re: The weaknesses of computers -- the definative list stuart taylor 01:03:21 07/19/00
• Re: The weaknesses of computers -- the definative list blass uri 23:03:06 07/17/00
  • Re: The weaknesses of computers -- the definative list Robert Hyatt 11:16:09 07/18/00

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