Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 16:38:43 05/05/02
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On May 05, 2002 at 19:25:07, stuart taylor wrote: >I mean, where are we? I cannot make it out yet. >Can we safely say that a top program of today can beat all programs from before >1996, i.e. 1995 and below? Which program, and if so, can we say that it is due >to true chess understanding and correctness, What is true chess understanding? Who has it? "True" is too mch a big word. or just due to greater power to >calculate all the tactics? And even THAT maybe not, because even that might only >be due to seeing the extra ply or so. > But what about true chess knowledge? I mean long-term planning, and playing for >minute advantages etc? This is a realm where programs are better, no doubt, although I do not believe that our understanding of what planning is can be used to understand that of the programs. > Can any prgram of today beat all programs until a certain year, due to that >knowledgs alone? > >I feel that if a 1995 program can beat a top program of today in even one game, >that means that there are aspects which that older program knows better than the >new one, or why else would it win? Even an average player could win a good one in some days. That does not means he knows better. Fernando >S.Taylor
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