Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 09:00:41 06/12/01
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Hi On June 12, 2001 at 09:16:58, José Carlos wrote: [snip] >If you allow transpostion from non-book positions, you can get the behavour >you discribed. But if you don't, you have to face the possibility of a human >player transposing to drive you into a trick. >I'm at work, so I can't figure a real example, but imagine that, in the >example you gave, axb5 was wrong due to a deep trick. A smart GM could drive >you into that position, and the Crafty would (possibly) take the bishop >happily. >So, the way you do things, you'll take the piece and win easily most of the >times, but can fall into a trick, and lose badly in an important game. >Allowing trasposing always, you'll miss those easy wins (but you'll probably >win anyway, since a player that gives a bishop for free will always lose >against Crafty) but avoid the GM trick. I would consider this "optimizing at the wrong places". While I can imagine that such an example exists, I don't think it's worth the time. :) I've always imagined that, should I ever play against Kasparov and see an unprotected queen from him for no (for me) obvious reason, I still wouldn't take it, because I'm sure there _will_ happen something bad if I capture it. Of course something bad will also happen if I choose another move, so it doesn't really matter. :) Btw: Wasn't it GM Larsen who once played against Deepthought, captured an unprotected knight and then DT announced a mate in 18? Sorry I got carried away a lil here. I realize that all these cases are not the same, but still they're related a bit. Regards, Sargon -- One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. "Which road do I take?" She asked. His response was a question: "Where do you want to go?" "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." Lewis Carroll Alice In Wonderland
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