Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 09:17:09 07/09/01
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On July 09, 2001 at 11:12:25, Gordon Rattray wrote: >When I responded to the initial article, I was responding to an article with >quotes such as: > >"Because Chess is ONLY moves in a chessboard,chess is only tactics." > >""positional mistakes" simply don't exist: they are simply tactical errors with >long term consequences" > >In my response, I agreed with this in theory but not in practice. My argument >was that given the current ability of humans and computers, and the fact that >chess is complex, it is not possible to calculate anywhere near to all >possibilities and hence we need other techniques for helping to estimate the >values of moves. Perfectly said. This is the sector where computers overcomes humans, the brute force power of deep calculation. > >At no point have I ever said that calculation is not a major part of chess. So >please stop telling me it is - I agree with this!!! Instead, tell me why it is >the ***ONLY*** important part of chess!!! Please read the initial article that >was posted. Please read the quotes above. > >Why is chess only tactics? Since it is a mathematical game, or if you prefer a "disconnected series of problems to solve" as one of Deep Blue's fathers stated. > >Let me make this clear... I believe that chess is not just tactics. I believe >that while tactics/calculation is a major part of chess, other considerations >such as strategy and positional evaluation are also important. Not as much as the tactics part IMHO. >I believe that >none of these aspects is easy to master for either a human or computer player. > >Gordon Not completely true since the tactics aspects are easily mastered by comps. Regards.
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