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Subject: Re: What Makes a Chess Engine Better Vs Humans?

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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