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Subject: Re: Learning question

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 06:41:23 05/20/02

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On May 19, 2002 at 16:29:20, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On May 19, 2002 at 14:49:52, Marc van Hal wrote:
>
>>Yes he will be more of a chalange against these grandmasters
>>then he would be without his increased positional knowledge.
>
>I disagree on this point. If your advantage isn't enough to change the end
>result, then it's not really an advantage is it?
>
>>Not to mention that his positional knowledge also will increase after playing
>>against the stronger oponents.
>
>
But his improvements against the weaker program will be of no use against the
>grandmasters. He will still get thrashed.

Yes it would like I mentioned without the positional knowledge it would get
trashed with the positionaly understanding it mostlikely will loose wich is not
the same.
(Or  It will stand longer before it's getting mated,because of the improvement
of the postional understanding.)
>

>>Or in short
>>If the program has a realy way of improving it's positional understanding it is
>>likely that it in time will beat the strongest grandmaster
>>Because it will lead in a new time of positional understanding !
>
>Yes, it's games against the grandmasters will help it to beat the grandmasters,
>but the games that it played against the weaker player that it previously
>surpassed will have no effect on it against other programs. Actually, it might
>have an affect on it, but you can't say that it will always be the case.
>
>Russell



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