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Subject: Re: Best Program Vs Humans Vs Best Program Vs Comp?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:41:43 01/22/02

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On January 22, 2002 at 11:37:33, Mark Young wrote:

>On January 22, 2002 at 10:29:04, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>Chess Tiger is supposed to be best for Comp vs Comp games
>>Is it the best for Computer vs Human? If not How do these two compete against
>>one another? Shouldn't the Program that is Best against other Computers have
>>something in it's code to help it against Humans? I know some do i just am
>>curious as to the opinions out there.
>>
>>Thanks
>
>I see no reason why the best Comp vs Comp program can not also be the best
>playing humans. In the case with Chess Tiger, Chess Tiger is the strongest
>proven program playing humans. (IMO)


There is certainly no reason it CANNOT; however, there is a common belief that
what makes it the best against computers is very fast/deep tactical
calculations, which is where _all_ (decent) apps are better than humans already.
 On the other hand, since computers already outdo humans in this area, it is
often stated that programs that put extra focus on positional factors -- even at
the cost of some tactical speed (i.e., poorer results versus other programs) --
have the best balance of factors for doing well against top human grandmasters.



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