Author: jonas cohonas
Date: 18:14:59 12/15/00
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On December 15, 2000 at 20:56:46, Pete Galati wrote: >On December 15, 2000 at 20:28:34, Garry Evans wrote: > >>I don't know if I am the only one who feels this way, but I think it is very >>boring to play CM8000, I would much rather watch it play against other >>computers. Against me there is no spectacular tactics, or brilliant sacrifices, >>only snatching a pawn here and there. This is not to say that I ever beat the >>things i have a +0 -200 =2 against the predator. I much perfer the play of >>fritz, rebel, or Shredder, however when it comes to watching a program play >>other computers my favorite is Chessmaster without doubt. Can someone explain >>why chessmaster only does what's neccessary to beat me, but when it plays other >>computers it suddenly becomes paul morphy and tal combined? > >My guess is that it would have something to do with how other programs play the >game and you don't play it that way. I think Dann has mentioned how unpleasant >it is to play against CM, I don't know what version he was referring to. Maybe >he'll speake up with some input on the subject. > >Pete I think it has do do with how we human play, especially when playing progs like you said it snatches a pawn here and there, because when we play the cillicon beasts we(well i for sure) try to avoid open tactical games where everything can happen, progs are killers in those positions, thus we se the different style of play, when two progs have a binary shootout. So in the closed positional games, that are more the human approach when facing a prog, it is often the odd pawn that makes the difference, so what you see, in my opinion, is the prog adapting to your style of play and in my book that's a sign of a quality prog. Jonas
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