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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:27:32 11/25/00

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

>On November 25, 2000 at 10:13:40, Thorsten Czub wrote:
><snipped>
>>Nf6 is a typical bluff move. it pushes the problem over the horizont.
>>a horizont problem. this time a positive.
>>+ thats the way the new paradigm programs win.
>>
>>they see a win or a good move. Nf6.
>>they play it.
>>like a human beeing directed by ideas and illusions.
>
>I doubt how many humans will play Nf6 in a game.
>I believe that most of the strong players will not do it.
>They know that they can have a positional advantage with no risk and they will
>be afraid to sacrifice a piece if they do not see at least a forced draw.
>
>I believe that most humans are going to play Ng3.
>
>
>>creative thinking. there is never really an accurate way to win life !
>>but by doing something and having the initiative you often increase
>>the chances to win. but - it is risky. if GT would have played
>>Nf6 against (say) GOD Nf6 would only have been a nearly forced draw.
>
>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.
>
>>but the bean counters on the other side of the board are not god.
>>they have horizont problems too and this is the reason GT wins although
>>it plays smashing inaccurate sacs.
>
>I believe that the evaluation after search should be accurate.
>
>My opinion is that not accurate static evaluation can be a good idea only if it
>helps to get more accurate evaluation after search.
>
>When I play correspondence games I expect my opponents to be accurate and if I
>find that Nf6+ is leading to a draw then I play another move that gives me a
>better chances.
>>
>>whatever. the games are impressing IMO.
>>
>>If you have a program that plays accurate, it would e.g. not have played
>>Nf6 and other moves, and it would maybe not risk anything.
>>it would not risk something because it has computed that this risk is not
>>working.
>>you get a genius-program. plays boring ,  but accurate. never doing anything.
>>waiting for a mistake of the opponent.
>
>I disagree.
>
>If there are 2 moves that are leading to a draw an accurate program can choose
>one of them that is a sacrifice.
>>
>>this is one reason i do believe bob hyatt is wrong. he believes if crafty
>>is accurate it would play better chess. i don't think so.
>
>I think that no program is accurate and that no program is going 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.
>
>
>>crafty would not do anything. like a human beeing sitting in his chair,
>>completely
>>autistic because he had considered anything in forward and have found out that
>>life
>>is dangerous and therefore better not move ONE step forward-.
>>cause driving in the car is dangerous.
>>better NOT drive. and eating is dangerous. could be poisened. and sleeping is
>>dangerous, because you have eyes closed. everything is dangerous. so better
>>doing nothing.
>>and thats what crafty is mainly doing. accurate doing nothing.
>>if crafty would be a human beeing, you would call him ill.
>
>I disagree.
>
>There are humans who never sacrifice in chess and I do not call them ill.
>
>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.
>
>The fact that Gambittiger is better than Crafty is not a proof that Gambit is
>more accurate about it because gambit is better in tactics and also better in
>the endgame.
>
>Uri


I think GT is definitely better in tactics.  I don't think it is better in
endgames.  It has several important pieces of information totally missing.
I have posted a game or two showing serious ones.



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