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Subject: Re: Computer-Chess Curiosities!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:38:39 07/31/01

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On July 30, 2001 at 18:33:50, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On July 30, 2001 at 18:05:56, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I believe that it is also possible to beat grandmasterrs by lines like 1.d4 h5
>>2.e4 e5 with black if you try enough games.
>>Does it mean that they do not "play chess".
>>
>>Uri

I doubt you would beat any GM by playing h5 after d4, unless he fell over
dead, laughing so hard...

This is exploiting a known hole in an engine's understanding, and then doing
it over and over.  Forget that nonsense with a GM.






>
>If you had infinite access to the GM, and the GM either didn't learn, or you
>could manually reset him between games, and he was guaranteed to play the same
>thing in response to any particular move, you could do this, but maybe not with
>1. d4 h5.  The point of 1. d4 h5 is that it removes the program's ability to
>vary while attempting to set up a long-term trap.  A "read-only" human would see
>this.  But if you beat him on a tactic or a simple oversight, you could repeat
>it forever, and it's just a matter of playing enough games that he makes *one*
>mistake that you can cash in on.
>
>bruce



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