Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:41:52 01/28/98
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On January 28, 1998 at 17:13:52, Mark Young wrote: > I think chess makes a poor yard stick for measuring computer >intelligence. > Chess is all tactics, If for example it were possible today to make a >32 man > tablebase would it not play perfect chess? Even a simple full width >chess > program run on a fast enough computer would play perfect chess if it >could see > mate from move one. Intelligence is much more then speed of >calculation. The idea that chess is all tactics is less likely to be heard from someone who has written a strong program. Sure, there are a lot of tactics in chess, but you gotta fix what is broken, and when people start beating you because they know when a bishop is bad and a knight is good, and this isn't something that can be solved with an extra ply or a cute extension. And once you've made a little improvement in that area, they'll find something else. Tactical strength is great, but you have to get further than this or you'll get seriously stuck. bruce
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