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Subject: Re: Deep Blue Is a Internet Hoax?

Author: blass uri

Date: 21:49:13 07/23/00

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On July 23, 2000 at 18:12:29, Gareth McCaughan wrote:

>key:
>>>> [Uri Blass]
>>> [me]
>> [Uri Blass]
>
>>>> I believe that part of them have a very good memory and the right to
>>>> move pieces backward and forward will not change much for them.
>>>
>>> You're right. The part that has the very good memory is called
>>> the brain. :-)
>>
>> I know but this is not the reason that I used the word part.
>>
>> The reason was that I simply was not sure that all of them have a very good
>> memory in calculating variations.
>>
>> It is possible that some of them have a very good evaluation function without
>> very good memory in calculating 15-20 plies forward.
>
>I realise (and realised when I wrote what I did) that that was
>your meaning. But I suspect that actually most GMs have a pretty
>good (read: *scarily* good, for most of us) memory, good enough
>that being allowed to move the pieces about wouldn't make a
>huge difference.
>
>I don't think you get to be a GM without being pretty good at
>tactics. And I don't think you get to be pretty good at tactics
>without being able to see future situations clearly.
>
>But then, I'm a patzer. What do I know?

I believe that it may be possible to be a GM if you are good in seeing short
tactics and good in knowing openings and remember a lot of plans in the middle
game and the endgame.

You need to choose the right openings(openings when there is no long lines to
calculate).

Uri



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