Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:24:56 04/15/02
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On April 14, 2002 at 16:52:54, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: >I have read a lot of thoughts of computerchess written by John Nunn himself and >i can say he knows very well what computer can do in chess and what not.Do you >remember he had played in the aegon-tournament? > >Thomas i read the same articles by nunn, and i think they are silly. and i was in den haag. i saw him playing against the king. with my own eyes. and i had the feeling he has NO idea about how the king works. nunn is impressed when the computer behaves like him. a mirror problem. thats the same with many strong chess players. nunn plays tactics. if a chess program plays tactics with him (as the king did) he is impressed and gets afraid. some chess players get impressed when a chess program plays like Tal (e.g. Markus Schäfer) others get impressed when a chess program plays like Petrosian (e.g. Bernd Kohlweyer). And you can be sure, the reason is: Schäfer plays like Tal himself, and Kohlweyer like Petrosian. we get all impressed by the things we believe that is OUR SPECIAL FIELD. nunn believes he is good in tactics.
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