Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 17:26:16 06/30/02
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On June 30, 2002 at 01:11:01, Roger D Davis wrote: >As is well known, Fritz and some of the other programs often play ugly looking >moves in comparison to Hiarcs and other "knowledge-based" programs. Yet, Fritz >is at the top of the SSDF. My question: Do these moves look ugly simply because >human beings come to the game with a set of heuristic principles, which suits >our neural networking hardware? Do human beings attempt to "overimpose" order >and/or symmetry on the game, simply because of our own cognitive limitations? > >Maybe so, because Fritz is clearly comeing up with 2600-2700 rated moves, on the >average. Are these ugly moves also rated 2600-2700? Do these moves point to >holes in human cognition that will eventually allow computers to eclipse human >beings in strength? > >Roger Assuming your premise is correct, i.e. many Fritz moves would be regarded as "ugly" by the top GMs, then you may be onto something extremely important here. One could collect a large number of "ugly Fritz moves" and catagorize them somehow. Then they could be studies by comparing the moves to the current [and historical] chess theory for all phases of the game. Perhaps what might be discovered is that there are holes, misconceptions, or worse, in our present theory and in our present approach to the game. Maybe the historical development of chess understanding is leading us to something in the future which will make current ideas seem immature or foolish. An in-depth study of the collection of "ugly Fritz moves" might lead to a much deeper and smarter understanding of the game. You may be really onto something BIG here! Bob D.
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