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Subject: Re: Sorry but wishful thinking will NOT help Mr. Gulko ?!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:52:58 03/09/02

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On March 09, 2002 at 10:43:26, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On March 09, 2002 at 10:39:28, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>Uri Nothing is of *Your Opinion*! I addessed this to Dr. Hyatt, not you.
>>
>>Most of what you said is useless!
>>
>>Terry
>
>This is a public forum, anyone can reply if they feel like it, there is no
>reason to be insulting here.
>
>Uri may not be impressed with the GMs winning at 3 0, but I am, I would love to
>see those games;)
>
>-S.


I agree.  Unfortunately ICC doesn't save bullet games.  If you want, you
can download the crafty.pgn file from my ftp site and you will find more
than enough 3 0 losses against GM players.

One thing Uri overlooks is that in 3 0, laying a trap is nearly impossible,
because the program changes its mind so often at early depths, and such games
are full of shallow searches.  And even network lag is enough of a time variance
to make anticipating a specific move (to fall into a trap) very unlikely.  The
longer a program searches, the more likely it is you can lay a trap and not have
a 1-2 second delay cause it to change its mind.  But at 3 0?  Forget it.

The Trojan was a good example.  There you have a _plan_ but you can't plan
on a specific move in a specific position.  You _still_ have to calculate very
accurately and very quickly and try to fit the plan to the dynamics of the
position.  Not easy.



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