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Subject: Re: extremely nice game with inaccurate :-))) move 30.Nf6+!

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 10:13:40 11/25/00

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On November 25, 2000 at 11:01:51, Uri Blass wrote:

>I doubt how many humans will play Nf6 in a game.

i meant the game itself is overall very human-like.
not only the Nf6-move.

>I believe that most humans are going to play Ng3.

could be, yes.
what about tal ? :-))

>If white can win by another move instead of Nf6+ then Nf6+ is a mistake and when
>the opponents will get better playing this move is not going to lead to a win
>against them.


right. accurately spoken.

>I believe that the evaluation after search should be accurate.

jajajaja. verstehe. sure. accuracy. trying to be god.

the tarrasch-syndrome.
playing like a machine (capablanca) = without mistakes.

IMO your target is a wrong target.

even spock has learned this.

>My opinion is that not accurate static evaluation can be a good idea only if it
>helps to get more accurate evaluation after search.

there is no accuracy. this is a concept that only exist in your mind.
accuracy only within a range. and since chess is not outsearched,
the range is limited.

>When I play correspondence games I expect my opponents to be accurate

aha.
and what about your wife ?!


>and if I
>find that Nf6+ is leading to a draw then I play another move that gives me a
>better chances.

this was 60/60.
it was a 20 games match.
when you have a time control, you cannot be accurate all the way.

>I disagree.

of course you do.

>If there are 2 moves that are leading to a draw an accurate program can choose
>one of them that is a sacrifice.

an accurate program would rarely play a move that is a sac.
also it would see that the move can be defended. so why should it expect
to play the move or play it itself when it also sees a defense.

>I think that no program is accurate and that no program is going to be accurate.

aha. but you think one should try to be accurate ?


>If crafty is going to play accurate then it is never going to lose in chess.
>The fact that it is losing is a proof that crafty has no accurate evaluation.

aha.
so what means accuracy ?
you want to play the best move in a position.

but what is best ?
the winning move ?
what do you do when there is no obvious winning move.
what is best then ?!
there is no move to mate in x and no move to win material in x.

what is best move in x then ?

>I disagree.

thought so.

>There are humans who never sacrifice in chess and I do not call them ill.

you misunderstand me.
i said not : never saccing. i said never doing anything because you saw
in forward that it makes no sense.
that it loses.
so better doing nothing.


>Crafty is not accurate and there are a lot of cases when it evaluates wrong and
>this is one of the reasons that Crafty lose games(it can sacrifice the king
>safety for a pawn because of wrong evaluation function that say that the pawn
>has bigger value).
>Gambittiger is also not accurate and can do the opposite mistake.

right. not accurate.
i will send back the cd. i want an accurate cd ! especially for mail-chess.
accurate. accurate. i want more accuracy. piep.


>The fact that Gambittiger is better than Crafty is not a proof that Gambit is
>more accurate

no - i said the opposite. gambit tiger is more inaccurate than crafty,
that is the reason it wins.

you turn arround what i said.


>about it because gambit is better in tactics and also better in
>the endgame.

maybe.
but the main reason is inaccuracy.
gambit tiger plays moves that COULD be good.

i see you still don't understand.

Nf6 is COULD BE GOOD move. not good.
there are maybe better moves than Nf6. But - this is unimportant.
Nf6 is good because it is inaccurate. only a draw move, but makes a trap
the opponent fall into. thats the point.





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