Author: Amir Ban
Date: 10:42:50 09/06/98
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On September 06, 1998 at 13:15:47, Don Dailey wrote: >Shall we try it on the group? What is a combination? Give an answer >that has no ambiguity whatsoever. I have never seen one in any book, >but I've seen many attempts. You may be able to come up with a strict >definition of what a combination is, but I'll be many will disagree >about what this definition should be. Your definition will probably >not match peoples perception of what they think a combination is. > I don't believe there's an unambiguous answer. In fact, I think that computer chess has found the "right" answer to this: By making the distinction between search and evaluation, we have given the best answer so far for how to define tactics, positional play, strategy, combinations, etc. Amir
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