Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:35:28 12/13/00
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On December 13, 2000 at 06:06:26, Lin Harper wrote: >On December 12, 2000 at 22:12:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 12, 2000 at 18:15:14, Mike S. wrote: >> >>>On December 12, 2000 at 16:19:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>(...) >>>> >>>>The real problem is that GMs that are not in the top 100 give programs fits on >>>>ICC all the time. I won't mention names, but it is common. Because they tend >>>>to play the opponent, which is perfectly normal. I don't think a GM would care >>>>_which_ computer he has to play, but he would certainly want to know that he >>>>is playing a computer (I think computers are more similar than most would give >>>>them credit for being). >>> > > What's Roman Dzhindi's handle on ICC? Roman plays anonymously on ICC, and I always respect such a request from GM players, so that I don't reveal their handles. You might pick some of the top engines, do a "history" on them, and see if you find a common opponent that wins more games than usual. :) >>>I'd be interested, what your opinion is from watching these ICC GM games: What >>>is the most important, or most often successfully used anti-computer strategy? >>>Is it >>> >>>a) avoiding tactics and using superior positional knowledge >>>b) following long-term ideas or plans, which the computer fails to understand >>>c) preparing for a king attack slowly, and the computer defends too late >>>d) looking for a transition into a better endgame, or >>>e) something else (?) >>> >>>Thanks, >>>M.Scheidl >> >> >>The idea is to first block the position. Normally you would first block the >>center, then as the computer tries something on the queenside, you take every >>opportunity to block things there, or, on occasion, let the queenside sorty >>draw the computer's queen offside chasing a pawn. It then can leave itself >>wide open for a slowly developing kingside attack. The rule of thumb is _first_ >>position your pieces, and _then_ push the pawns. Because the program will >>see what is going on once the pawns start moving. If you do it right, it will >>be too late. >> >>Another strategy is to simply block the position completely, keeping yourself >>one pawn break to play at the right time. Generally programs will not >>understand the position and will be out of position when the break comes. >> >>A good person to watch is Roman Dzhindi... He is very good at this sort of >>playing, and drives programs into the ground if they don't try _very_ hard to >>prevent the blocked position early...
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