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Subject: Re: NO!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 13:57:54 03/20/02

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On March 20, 2002 at 16:21:53, Uri Blass wrote:

>On March 20, 2002 at 16:07:11, Sune Fischer wrote:
>

>>>
>>>>Even three or four days still will not play to perfection.
>>>>Just look at the numbers 40 to the 30 power will still not give perfection and
>>>>might take years to complete one move.
>>>>But we are working on it.
>>>>Bill
>>>
>>>It is not a proof that perfection is impossible.
>>>
>>>better searching rules(better pruning and extensions) together with better
>>>evaluation may convince programs to find always the best move.
>>>
>>>You do not need to search everything to the end of the game in order to do it
>>>and the question how many plies you need to search is dependent on the
>>>evaluation and on the extensions and the pruning rules.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Hmm, I think you need to search pretty deeply to find which is best of 1.d4 and
>>1.e4 :)
>>And you prove nothing with pruning rules and nullmove, only way to be _really
>>sure_ is to do a fullwidth search :(
>>
>>-S.
>
>The point is that you do not need to prove that you play perfect game
>in order to play perfect game and I guess that both 1.e4 and 1.d4
>lead to draw.

Sure all you need to play perfect is luck, but how will you _know_ that you play
the perfect game, you can't even tell which is better of e4 and d4? :)

-S.

>Uri



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