Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:07:24 04/13/98
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On April 13, 1998 at 15:21:51, Amir Ban wrote:
>On April 13, 1998 at 10:42:39, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>
>>50 testpositions to test playing strength of chess programs
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>>
>>Position 1: Ruy Lopez (1)
>>-------------------------------------
>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
>>8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7
>>
>
>Jeroen,
>
>This part of your otherwise thoughtful post is 1) futile 2) dangerous.
>
>It's futile because for any fixed set of positions programmers will try
>to extend the lines with pre-calculated moves, both to save time, and to
>avoid mistakes. Just like we do now in the starting position. It's the
>natural thing to do, and you can do nothing about it.
>
>In Hong-Kong, I remember someone telling Dave Kittinger that there's
>talk that in the future we will play in events without books. Dave
>thought for a moment and said: "I can fake that".
>
>It's dangerous, because as I've recently learned, Ossi Weiner claims
>that John Nunn was paid by CB & CSS to create a dishonest group of
>positions that favours Fritz, and wants to sue. If you don't want to
>spend the rest of your life in prison, better stop inventing these test
>positions. I read a letter of Ossi Weiner to the SSDF where he
>recommends to them to consult a lawyer. I think we better all retire
>before the forces of justice reach us.
>
>Amir
Come on, Amir. Is it a joke ?
Christophe
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