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Subject: Re: new paradigm is not about solving cross-word-puzzles...

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 10:57:34 11/05/00

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On November 05, 2000 at 13:31:22, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On November 05, 2000 at 11:57:26, Andrew Williams wrote:
>[D] rn1q1rk1/6bp/p2p4/1p1Pp2n/6b1/2NBB3/PP1QN2P/2KR3R w - - 0 16
>
>thank you for the position.
>
>>I'm afraid my program isn't famous, but here is its output. It never
>>considers that Black is better, although the score is falling as it
>>gets deeper. I think I'll run this overnight and see what happens.
>
>
>yes. the thing is not to find the move. the thing is:
>how to evaluate the position !
>draw ? winning for white ?
>better for black ?
>how to evaluate positions where there is no material win !
>
>> 1=    54     0       188   16. Rdf1 Rxf1 17. Rxf1
>> 2=    54     0       252   16. Rdf1 Rxf1 17. Rxf1 Bxe2 18. Nxe2
>> 3=    31     0       804   16. Qc2 Nf6
>> 4=    55     0      2228   16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rdg1
>> 5=    35     0      8550   16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rdg1 Nbd7
>> 6=    58     1     40623   16. Rhg1 Bf5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bh6
>> 7=    39     5    181115   16. Rhg1 Bf5 17. Bh6 Qh4 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qc2
>> 8=    39    19    476616   16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rdg1 Bf3 18. Bh6 Bxh1 19. Rxg7
>> 9=    38    59   1706262   16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rdg1 b4 18. Bg5 h5 19. Bh7 Kh8 20.
>>Bxf6
>>10=    24   417  12520722   16. Rhg1 Qd7 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Bh6 Bxd3 19. Rxd3
>
>the score is 0.24 ?
>
>>This is on a K6-2 300 which was a bit busy doing other things too. I can't
>>comment on your views below, but one thing I will say is that PM would get
>>crushed in a straight match against Fritz, Shredder, Junior or Hiarcs. And
>>Gambit Tiger as well :-)
>
>
>right. you can reach lots of elo when you forget about chess and just
>count the pieces and search very deep. you can even outsearch
>more intelligent programs. but is this chess ?
>
>the position above is IMO about chess.
>its not to find the move. its to see in move 16, better in move 14,
>that white is better and black cannot defend much longer.
>
>
>i am not saying: ANY program that finds the move Rhg1 is a new-paradigm
>program.
>
>but i am saying that programs of the new paradigm find out that white is better
>and has winning chances.
>
>Thats what gandalf, cstal and most of all 3, gambit-tiger evaluates here.
>
>the new paradigm is not about FINDING key moves. Thats not playing chess.
>it is cross-word. is cross-word-puzzle-solving beeing intelligent ? no.
>
>the new paradigm is not about finding key moves in positions that HAVE
>a solution. the new paradigm is about finding a plan and evaluating
>it as a chance in a position that is NOT solved.
>
>you see the difference ?
>
>A bednorz-toennissen test-suite has 30 positions, and the programs
>havwe to find the key  moves. its bean counting.
>the positions are all won ! the key move is there !
>thats not chess, its solving cross-word-puzzles.
>
>the differenciation is not WHICH PROGRAM finds the moves.
>there is nothing to find. you have to invent something. therefore
>you have to evaluate for it.
>otherwise you won't follow the idea, or ?
>
>imagine you have fritz and you think: oh- the position is draw, slightly
>better for black. and then you lose the game.
>brilliant, isn't it ??

It is not news.
It is known that there are cases when programs are wrong in their evaluations.

Here is another example from Nimzo-Shredder in the ICC tournament:

[D]6k1/2Q4p/p4bp1/1pBqp3/1P2n3/P4N2/2P3PP/7K w - - 0 1

programs are happy to win a pawn with Qb8+ Qd8 Qxd8+ Bxd8 Nxe5 and it is exactly
what happened in the game but white lost the game.

I do not know if Shredder was lucky to be outsearched or if Shredder had the
right evaluation.
We can find out only by getting Shredder's evaluation.

Uri



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