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Subject: Re: VAN Wely wins - Terrible, Tragic Setback For Ed.

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 13:32:47 02/20/02

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On February 20, 2002 at 15:38:00, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 20, 2002 at 15:20:44, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>
>>On February 20, 2002 at 14:32:25, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On February 20, 2002 at 14:23:13, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 20, 2002 at 13:38:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 20, 2002 at 13:05:05, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 20, 2002 at 12:11:25, Joshua Lee wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I guess this is why Crafty has code for colle/stonewall?!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I wonder how much time does it take Rebel to see it made losing moves, has
>>>>>>>anyone looked at this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No program has code for that Joshua. A strategic concept is not
>>>>>>programmable.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you are talking about the Stonewall stuff, it is recognizable and
>>>>>avoidable without a lot of work.  Colle systems are the same if you use
>>>>>the simple "don't block the c pawn with a knight" approach which lets you
>>>>>avoid the more closed stuff...
>>>>
>>>>Do not confuse simple positional patterns with
>>>>strategic concepts of the stonewall please.
>>>
>>>Mr. Diepeeven, c'mon Dr. Hyatt knows what he's talking about....he's been
>>>programming for some 30 years!
>>
>>Vincent was talking about chess, not about programming.
>>Then again, both were talking about different things, one about avoiding
>>the opening, the other how to play it.
>>
>>Miguel
>>
>
>Correct.  And it is possible to do both, of course.  A computer doesn't
>necessarily have to understand something as clearly as a human does in order
>to cope with it effectively, something that is often overlooked.  But it
>does have to understand it in some sort of way or it will get bombed of course.
>
>I used to spend a lot of time tweaking my book to avoid the zillion different
>ways to transpose into the Stonewall.  I now no longer even think about it as
>it simply doesn't come up.
>
>
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>Terry

Well what is wrong with I analyses i posted with 2.Qd3!?
or g3 and later on Qd3.
How simple can it be?

Regards Marc



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