Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 13:18:03 05/06/02
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On May 06, 2002 at 13:25:48, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 06, 2002 at 06:33:48, Steve Maughan wrote: > >>Christophe, >> >>>"Knowledge" in the sense of positional evaluation (that's what most people >>>think about when they talk about knowledge) makes for 10% of the strength of a >>>chess program. >>> >>>Chess is 90% about tactics (which is a concept close to "search"). >> >>I think it was Alekehine that said chess was 99% tactics - so maybe you're >>giving too much weight to positional terms :-)). >> >>However, isn't it a little misleading to talk about percentages since you only >>need to make one positional mistake to lose the game. So if you make one >>positional error every ten moves you're going to have a weak program. > > >On the other hand, make just one tactical mistake in 100 moves and it is enough >to lose as well... > > I agree with Christophe 100%! Chess is tactics, and making positional considerations is a good crutch we need to cover our inability to read positions deep enough...in other words at the end of the positional considerations there always will be a tactical balance! w.b.r. Otello
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