Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 22:28:36 11/14/00
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On November 14, 2000 at 21:49:48, r.c. richards wrote: >On November 14, 2000 at 13:06:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>It is only intuition of course... and it can definitely be wrong. I merely >>raised the spectre. I would want to see more games myself, before I would be >>willing to say positively... > >You might be right, but I've played a game or two from time to time at a level >way above my normal level. > >rc The guy played *at* his level, apparently, he just managed to keep the monster in the bucket. Human vs computer chess when the computer is tactically much better than you can be approached in one of two obvious ways: 1) Get rid of as much material as possible, place a few pieces well, and walk the king up and eat pawns, or at least hold on and get a draw. This method was almost foolproof against early computers, the endgame was a place of refuge for those who were *down* material, because a human can see a dozen plies in the future in a K+P ending and the computers couldn't. I believe this is still a pretty good way to try to get draws. 2) Put a bucket over it, sit on the bucket, and hope it doesn't knock the bucket off and eat you before you figure out how to kill it. This technique involves achieving a closed center, massing on the king-side, and trying to attack faster than the queen-side can disintegrate. This has always been an excellent way to handle computers, although now they are getting much better at avoiding the bucket, and they are very good at knocking you off the bucket. Some of them even carry a bucket themselves now. In the game this thread refers to, the human used method #2 pretty well. bruce
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