Author: Oliver Roese
Date: 09:59:45 10/08/00
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On October 08, 2000 at 12:48:04, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 08, 2000 at 12:39:41, Oliver Roese wrote: > >>On October 08, 2000 at 12:25:13, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On October 08, 2000 at 12:20:43, Oliver Roese wrote: >>><snipped> >>>>In opening and (very late) endgame computers act (almost) optimally. >>> >>>Humans play in the same way in the first moves of the opening. >>> >>In the same way? >>You know that this is not true. > >I mean that both computers and most of the humans play from book and do not use >time to calculate in the first moves. > > > >> >>>When computers are in book in move 15 or move 20 they do not play almost >>>optimally because they can follow not optimal known moves. >>> >>Thats true, but i didnt intend to say anything against that. >> >>>Humans who analyzed the relevant opening can find a novelty and get an >>>advantage. >>> >>True, but modern software has learning facilities to protect against this, so >>you must be _very_ creative to make a living of it. >>I think in practice its effect is rather limited > >I believe that the best GM's can play the regular theory lines without being at >disadvantage against computers. > Ah, you were talking about the top 100 or so. But _still_ it is not true. For example i recently downloaded "enourmos.pgn" from dr hyatts site and made a book out of it in seconds. Can any human repeat that? Humans cannot compete with database software. >They may sometimes even get an advantage from novelties that they prepared. > Tell me just one example and i would be embarassed. >Uri Oliver
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