Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 08:02:43 07/05/02
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On July 05, 2002 at 10:54:06, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 05, 2002 at 10:51:59, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On July 05, 2002 at 06:59:51, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On July 05, 2002 at 05:59:30, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On July 04, 2002 at 21:47:11, Omid David wrote: >>>> >>>>>Computers are like a blind person, they can do very well in the radius of their >>>>>stick, but can't see farther. >>>> >>>>Isn't that radius almost complete now? How much is left? >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>A lot is left. >>>The radius of their stick is clearly less than a half of >>>the radius that is needed. >> >>Define "needed". >>Kicking GM butts is not enough? :) > >Until the radius is clear to the end of the game tree, there will always be room >for improvement. If not against humans, then against other programs. Yes, but since Uri said "half" I assumed he didn't mean distance to solve the game, in that case we need more than 30 times the depth. The longest known mate is 260 something IIRC, and that is a simple 6 man position. -S.
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