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Subject: Re: Analysing while retracting moves

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:47:11 11/28/01

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On November 28, 2001 at 03:38:59, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On November 27, 2001 at 12:25:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Deep mistakes are _common_ from a computer's perspective.  You might think
>>they are "tactically supreme" but there are _lots_ of endgame positions where
>>they are clueless.  And any time you reach such a position, where either it is
>>(commonly) a long-range kingside attack (or less commonly) a deep endgame
>>tactic, you get random reports.
>>
>>I simply personlly don't like anything "random" when somebody/something is
>>supposed to be telling me where I went wrong.
>
>Well, without any more information than your gut feelings, I will continue to
>believe that the depth of mistakes is evenly distributed.
>
>-Tom


I believe that is what _I_ said.  Some are one move beyond the search
horizon, some are 20+ moves beyond.  Isn't that "distributed".  And the
farther beyond 5 you go, the more confusing the back-to-front results
become.

BTW, it isn't a "gut feeling".  It is an observed fact, instead...



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