Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 00:26:01 08/31/02
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>This is exactly the case for Junior and Fritz and they simply do not care about >small improvement that they can get. That, I don't believe. >They know that there are positions when the program cannot see simple tactics >but they do not care to fix it. > >There are positions when Junior cannot see simple tactics and Amir ban knows >about it but he did not fix it at least not in Junior7(some years after he got >the information). That's probably because it would hurt the program overall. I'm sure he does what he thinks is best for overall program strength. >There are positions when Fritz cannot see simple mate because of null move >pruning. I'm sure Frans Morsch is well aware of that too. >I also know that not seeing simple tactic may be relevant in rare cases >for games but they do not fix it by having some verification search against >zunzwangs and it is possible to have verficiation search(yace does it). > >I am sure that it is possible to have verification search in a productive way >and to fix the problem of Junior in a productive way and I do not believe that >the best that programs can do is to be blind in some situations. > >Uri Well, if you investigate it you may find that you are right. But you may also find that you are wrong. :-) Dave
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