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Subject: Can computers play chess?

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 14:53:02 02/06/01

Of course they can, but take a look at the following postion I found at Tim
Krabbes http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm web site.

[D]5k2/2Q5/8/8/5p2/5P2/5P2/K7 w - - 0 1

Fritz and friends with 5 man table bases all want to play the "obvious" 1.Qf7+
and mate in 25 or 26! :-o) What a ugly move to play!

This feels like proof that chess computers should not be allowed to use opening
books or endgame tables, if they ever want to play something looking like human
chess, that is!

Torstein

Re: Can computers play chess? Alan Grotier 09:45:31 02/07/01
- Re: Can computers play chess? Uri Blass 10:10:33 02/07/01
  - Re: Can computers play chess? James T. Walker 14:08:44 02/07/01
Re: Can computers play chess? Dann Corbit 00:18:15 02/07/01
Re: Can computers play chess? Uri Blass 21:19:56 02/06/01
Re: Can computers play chess? James T. Walker 21:14:12 02/06/01
- Re: Can computers play chess? chandler yergin 17:06:16 02/07/01
Re: Can computers play chess? Slater Wold 20:30:04 02/06/01
Re: Can computers play chess? Dieter Buerssner 18:18:50 02/06/01
Re: Can computers play chess? William H Rogers 15:24:48 02/06/01
- Re: Can computers play chess? Torstein Hall 15:42:26 02/06/01
  - Re: Can computers play chess? John Merlino 15:51:43 02/06/01
Re: Can computers play chess? Gian-Carlo Pascutto 14:56:59 02/06/01

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