Author: Osorio Meirelles
Date: 09:15:55 10/30/00
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On October 30, 2000 at 09:12:34, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 30, 2000 at 07:51:33, Osorio Meirelles wrote: > >>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. > >This is not a perfect opening for computers because the target of chess is to >win and not to get a draw. > >Uri I guess I was not specific. What I mean is that if a computer program is playing a match in which it is winning and there are only a few games left over to play, then one possible target is to draw the remaining games, since that will translate into a win of the match, and I believe this opening would make a powerfull weapon for this purpose. My main question is : does anyone believe there might be a chance that good programs can get excelent results with this opening against humans ? We can't forget that before this match, most chess authors would consider white with a solid position. Does that mean that white has good winning chances ? I can´t recall any coment of the games between Kasparov and Kramnik, in which the main analysis point out a variation with good oportunities for white. I seems to me that no one really knows how white can achieve such a favorable position. For those who disgree with me, I would be likely to hear from them,which variations for white they would recomend. Is Kasparov missing something, or is it the opening ?
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