Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 11:35:28 12/30/01
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On December 30, 2001 at 08:17:57, Albert Silver wrote: >On December 29, 2001 at 17:13:34, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On December 29, 2001 at 12:15:17, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>a question of one move, but all the moves that lead to it as well. Another >>>problem is that you may be choosing a position that also requires a certain >>>depth to be achieved even with the correct criteria and weights, and that depth >> >>At some point, you have to consider the eval function a predictor of the future. >>Any term in an eval function exists to solve some tactical problem that occurs >>in the unforseen future... >> >>-Tom > >That depends entirely on your definition of tactics. Not all fatal positional >problems lead to tactical problems even when they are losing. Tactics and >calculation aren't the same thing. Why not ? On the other hand, one can definitely >consider a positional problem to BE a very long-term tactical problem, Right, I agree with you. but that >doesn't mean other tactical issues will result from it later. Still, that has >littel to do with the issue I presented. How can you solve a 5-move deep >combination, where the final key is in the last ply, in 3 moves? Even if you >change all the weights to force the right answer in only 3 moves, then based on >what did it find the move? Tarot card reading? LOL :) Otello. > > Albert
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