Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:58:31 04/25/01
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On April 25, 2001 at 14:40:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>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.
Sorry, but I have never learned anything from Whittington.
The playing style of Gambit Tiger is something I had been looking for since
years. At one point I managed to have it working, that's all.
Christophe
> 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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