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Subject: Re: Programs look stupid?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 19:20:51 11/26/00

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On November 26, 2000 at 19:15:55, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>A recent post, on which there seemed to be some agreement, mentioned that there
>are some positions where the right move is obvious to a decent human player but
>not found by even the best programs. Can anyone post an example or two of such >a position where a great program looks stupid? Thanks.

Maybe this one:

[D]3R4/4r1kp/6p1/P4p2/5P2/6P1/6KP/8 w - - 0 1

1.Rd2 and 2.Ra2 (otherwise black's rook could move behind the a-pawn).

IIRC, no program played Rd2 (I didn't repeat the tests now).

Regards,
M.Scheidl

• Re: Programs look stupid? Mike S. 23:01:37 11/26/00
  • Re: Programs look stupid? Jouni Uski 02:20:37 11/27/00
    • Re: Programs look stupid? Uri Blass 02:32:28 11/27/00
      • Re: Programs look stupid? Mogens Larsen 03:53:43 11/27/00
      • Re: Programs look stupid? Jouni Uski 03:11:22 11/27/00
  • Re: Programs look stupid?(Crafty solves it for the wrong reasons) Uri Blass 01:24:46 11/27/00
    • Re: Programs look stupid?(Crafty solves it for the wrong reasons) Robert Hyatt 07:04:50 11/27/00
    • Re: Programs look stupid?(Crafty solves it for the wrong reasons) Uri Blass 01:26:48 11/27/00

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