Author: Roger Kyte
Date: 02:55:43 07/20/00
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>On July 19, 2000 at 08:22:18, Amir Ban wrote: >>The speed vs. knowledge dilemma is a false one. >>Junior roots are in preprocessing, and it was a preprocessor until '94. I do >>something better now. >> >>With your huge experience, do you seriously believe that a program on Junior's >>level can be a preprocessor ? In the following article SMK states the following: By Stefan Meyer-Kahlen What Lies Behind The Success of Shredder? Chess program that tears opponents to shreds http://www.kasparovchess.com/serve/Templates/folders/show.asp?p_folderID=69 "In my opinion, increasing the speed of the program only results in a minimal increase in the computer’s playing strength. Today’s top programs have reached a level where only a select few stand a chance of winning. At this level, games are not decided on one side having overlooked a tactical threat and losing a piece, rather they are decided strategically. To play strategically you need to know about chess. It is not enough for a chess program to see 5 or 6 moves ahead, make no tactical blunder within this horizon and wait for the opponent to make a mistake. I agree that this works pretty well against humans in speed chess, but with longer time controls it becomes all the more clear that you can’t go very far in chess without strategic knowledge of the game. Just as one expert has put it: “I don’t know where I am going but I am going very fast.”
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