Author: Don Dailey
Date: 11:56:40 09/06/98
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On September 06, 1998 at 13:42:50, Amir Ban wrote: >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 I have to agree with you. I do not think there is an unambiguous answer to what a combination is, what positional play is and so on. They seem to be incredibly useful terms that we use intuitively to talk about chess and yet they do not seem to be definable. - Don
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