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Subject: Re: move in *zero* seconds?

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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