Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:33:34 04/09/02
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On April 09, 2002 at 16:38:30, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On April 09, 2002 at 16:02:47, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>In order to consistently beat top computers, a human will require BOTH great >>chess skill and ALSO high "avoid heavy tactics" skill. One without the other >>will probably not lead to a human consistently beating the top computers. >> > >I don't agree. >Since that means forcing too much the game of chess out of its roots...remember >that chess is enriched by tactics play , avoiding at any cost this kind of play >means to miss all the magnificent combinations made famous in the past by great >combinative players like Tal, Steinitz ,etc. >I tend to agree with GM Huebner that said after his match against Fritz in >Dortmund that it is not necessary to betray one's style at any costs when facing >the machine. > Not necessary, maybe, but it will help! > >>It will be interesting, IMHO, to watch the race: GMs improving this new skill as >>the years go on (the best ones probably can't improve their traditional chess >>skill very quickly any more), versus computers getting faster and "smarter." > >And don't you think that also comps. are progressing meanwhile (antihuman techs) ? That's what I meant by "smarter."
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