Author: Graham Laight
Date: 02:26:51 05/07/98
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On May 06, 1998 at 13:40:17, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On May 06, 1998 at 09:36:37, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >I think that it is obvioiusly good at finding active interesting moves. >I rate this characteristic very highly. > >I don't think it is getting beat by brute force once it achieves >interesting positions. In the first game it sacrificed material and the >sacrifice didn't work out. You don't get a point for making your >opponent have an ugly position, especially if you have to give material >to get there. Pretty early on it was apparent the black was attacking >down three minor pieces, since it sacrificed one and it had two others >that it never activated. The position is dicey for Nimzo for a while, >but eventually it activates everything and gets its own attack. > >In the second game, CST had a much better position than Fritz, and >couldn't convert, but I don't think that its mistakes were mistakes made >because the opponent had too much speed, rather it looks like it was >trying to get too much out of the position, couldn't, and let Fritz >consolidate. > >Perhaps if it were a human, and I were much better at playing chess, I >would suggest that it didn't know when to stop attacking and start >playing according to what was realistically in the position. > >Now back to my first paragraph. Playing computer vs computer is fun, >but most people don't buy these programs for this. > >When you put CST against other computers, it is going to have some >wonderful looking games, because it plays with a very speculative style. > If you bet on a longshot, you will sometimes win a lot of money -- CST >will win some of these games in brilliant style. > >It will also do some games like these: in the first game it speculated >and ran out of gas, and in the second game it speculated, which worked, >but then it kept speculating, I think, and this time it didn't work. > >You are going to have some others where it gets smashed, I bet. > >If you play against humans, it will be a different story. I bet that it >will score very well against its customers. And furthermore, it will >play in a way that they are not used to seeing, it will play with an >attacking style, which humans are not accustomed to seeing from >computers. Everybody wants their computer to play attacking chess, not >oatmeal chess. > >They see a lot of attacking chess from other humans, so I bet it will >help them in their play against people, and ultimately against >computers, as they become more willing to take risks themselves. > >I'm all for anything that will help the customers play chess better. > >bruce Agreed. Since acquiring Tal, I actually look forward to my games against the computer. It's been a long time since I've been able to say that.
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