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Subject: Computers and the Berlin Wall

Author: Osorio Meirelles

Date: 04:51:33 10/30/00


Eventhough I have no analyical proof to support my statement, I am coming to the
conclusion than any top PC chess program could get a draw against any top
grandmaster as black using the Belin Wall in the Ruy Lopez ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.BxN pd7XB 7.d4Xe5 Nf5 8.QXQ+ KXQ) I list below
two possibilities ( the second is stronger than the first ).

  1 ->  These programs are likely to get a draw if they treat a draw as a win in
their evaluation.

  2 ->  These programs are very likely to get a draw if their evaluation
function ( material, position , pawn structure ),is adjusted specifically for
this opening.

This seems to me a perfect opening for computers to play agaisnt humans.  The
only possibility that I can see for a top computer program to go wrong is in the
endgame.



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