Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:48:54 12/14/00
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On December 14, 2000 at 07:24:04, Oliver Roese wrote: > >Of course you dont want to do this against humans at _any_ time, i think. >From my own experience in short time controls i can "tell", that an open >position can compensate the computer a pawn, at least againtst me. >Even in games between strong humans it is sometimes to, so this rule is not >so ridicolous how its sound at a first glance. >The weaker side has then so much possibilities to create threads, that the >stronger side cannot make progress. >It would be interesting to see if this is really so, but i dont have the >time to check that out... > >Oliver > I don't agree with your "at _any_ time". Humans are not a "solved problem" yet, and they can get into positions where they have all the chances. If a program tries so hard to blow things open, when the human controls all the key squares, I would call this "self-immolation". Going down in flames is one thing. But doing it by setting yourself on fire is something else.
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