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Subject: Re: Smilin Smirin is too weak to beat these programs.

Author: pavel

Date: 15:31:08 04/21/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 18:26:22, Mike S. wrote:

>On April 21, 2002 at 18:15:06, pavel wrote:
>
>>(...)
>
>>If a program doesnt know "nada" about a position, deeper search wont do "nada".
>>:)
>
>Not true IMO. I think that in many cases, if there is "something" in a position,
>it should be visible much more clearly within a reasonable number of plies.
>There have always been examples where depth could replace knowledge. And if not,
>then "something" was probably just a Fata Morgana most often.
>
>There will always be exceptions.
>
>Some people say, (more) knowledge is just necessary because programs can't reach
>the depths to evaluate correctly (with lesser knowledge).
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl



The "Nolot" positions are the best examples out there
(http://www.seanet.com/~brucemo/nolot/nolot.htm) I dont see myself letting a
program search for few days to "understand" a position, that he will play in
tournament time control.

Regards,
pavs



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