Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 20:22:01 05/24/98
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On May 24, 1998 at 18:56:16, James B. Shearer wrote: > I don't understand your point of view. Your >favorite program is called CSTal not CSPetrosian. >It is my understanding that, like Tal, it plays for >sharp tactical positions. So how can you argue that >it is not important that other programs handle such >positions better? Better = faster ? Is the position ON BOARD before the fast-searchers FIND them very fast ? Or do they have to lead the opponent INTO it. If so - where is this the case in the position Dirk mentioned ? Better = faster = bigger = stronger ?!? CSTal tries what Tal tried. He tried to direct the opponent into fog. Tal played even unsound sacs. And this is what CSTal does. You are right, Tal is not Petrosian. And Dirks position does not say anything about king-safety. The problem is, that the position was lost for black BEFORE the key-position appeared. And therefore the question is not WHEN but why. But WHY is a word - to complicate... > Thorsten Czub also wrote: >>When there is NOTHING to measure, than the strength >of the speculative >>programs appears. in 80 % of all chess positions >where there is NOTHING >>to force out. > > If you are much weaker tactically than your >opponent, there may not be anything for you to find >but there will be plenty for your opponent to find. >One tactical blunder every five moves (20%) will not >win many games against a "finder". > James B. Shearer Nobody forces you to be that kind of weak that you make one mistake over the other. I doubt that tactical weaker means making on blunder after the other. Chess is not that easy that only ONE move is the winning move and all other moves lose. Also FINDING a key move does - in no way - tell you anything about the ability of tactics in a chess game. FINDING a move very fast shows you only the ability to FIND very fast a key-move in a given, unbalanced position. If it is there, somebody must have placed it before on this place. That means, somebody else has caused it. Mostly the opponent. So - finding something that is there does not tell you anything about your ability to create tactical positions. Nobody has said you should walk blind over a roof. Even CSTal has a search tree. But it does not need it to FIND the key-move in the fastest way. If you don't understand my point, i am maybe using the wrong language. Or you.
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