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Subject: Re: Can computers play chess?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 14:56:59 02/06/01

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On February 06, 2001 at 17:53:02, Torstein Hall wrote:

>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!

Sjeng plays Kb2 here. Therefore obviously Sjeng plays better and
more humanlike chess than Fritz and Hiarcs.

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GCP (If you want to reply to this you haven't gotten my point, so don't bother)



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