Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:27:32 05/19/01
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On May 19, 2001 at 10:55:56, Jonathan Lee wrote: >If all the same rules apply in chess, except no queens on d1 and d8 in the >starting position, would all softwares jump at least 100 points against >grandmasters? >Do you think winning would get that much harder since additional plies can be >sought by the computer? >The game would be less complex and by using additional parallel processors it >would make the machine rarely lose. >(Like I've said the GM needs "a closed game with a queen" to win.) >Jonathan (129 message) The additional plies are approximately zero, and the game becomes more dead. I'm not sure who that benefits. Probably the human, since the opening books is now worthless, and it would be easier to lock the position. Once the position is locked, I don't think a queen is necessary to win. All you need is one pawn lever and an opponent with no counterplay. bruce
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