Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 11:40:53 04/25/01
Hi all: It seems that after all Chris W., the official villain of this site according to many, was the father of a real good idea: that no matter how much you search, you cannot outsearch the power of positional awareness when speculative attacks are the issue. With just or mainly searching capabilities, the engine can see maybe 16 plies, really a lot, but an accurate positionallly based attacking shot can go a lot deeper, some times from middle game to the very end. If something has been probed -at least until now- by the incredibles wins of DJ is precisely that. Look the way it has won. Look the evals of Fritz. Look at that of DJ. Look at the lethal sacrifices of DJ againts all purely searching criteria. Luck? Just a casual output of "only" five games? Or maybe six by now? I cannot believe that. I see that Mr Ban has got his lessons from Gambit as Theron got his lessons from Wittington. By "lesson" I understand not neccesarily an specific learning of some witty tricks, but the fruitfull development of an idea. I cannot way the day this Super DJ will be in the shells. Or even better, the next program inspired, at its turn, by the perfomance of DJ. A new era of chess programming maybe - well, almost surely- is beginning. With hope Fernando
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