Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:27:01 07/24/98
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On July 24, 1998 at 15:28:47, Howard Exner wrote: >On July 24, 1998 at 12:55:26, Tim Mirabile wrote: > >>On July 24, 1998 at 11:36:28, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>Three days ago under the heading, Opinion Poll Idea, >>>I outlined roughly an idea concerning weaknesses in chess >>>computers. Any thoughts on that one? >> >>Ok, but since we can't have open ended questions, we need to come up with some >>choices here, and that is something which may be best done by the programmers. > >I've cut and pasted my post from 7/22/98. Here it is ... > >Posted by Howard Exner on July 22, 1998 at 03:12:38: > > >With all the recent discussion here about how strong computer chess >programs may be and how they still have weaknesses to overcome a >thought about an opinion poll occurred to me. It would be a programmers >only poll worded something like, "Which of the three computer chess >weaknesses are the most difficult to alleviate"? We would first need to >make a list of those weaknesses and through discussions here refine it. >Is the passed pawn blindness a tough one to program or is closed position >strategy an insurmountable task? It would be interesting to read what >programmers view as their big challenge to making their programs better. >Coming up with the list of weaknesses could spark some lively debate. Did >I just say "lively debate"? I don't know if this tranquil bunch is up >for that :-) > >You may have missed it with all the Rebel-Anand excitement. It outlines >as you say, the need to generate a list. I would be very interested >in what the many programmers and those who play and observe these >machines come up with as a list of weaknesses. A programmer's only vote >might be worded something like, "Which of the following X weaknesses to >you believe are the most difficult to translate into code?" A question >for the entire group could be worded, "Which of the following X weaknesses >do you feel are the most noticable when playing or observing computer games?" I like the idea. there are lots of alternatives, like bishop vs knight, two pieces vs rook, two rooks vs queen, plus the other things I mentioned in my first post a few mins ago...
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