Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 10:09:46 10/24/02
Such an engine would search for and find moves which meet the same criteria used by human GMs when they try to decide whether or not to play a risky but promising move. Why do this? Answer: It might be fun to play against such a monster. Especially if it were very innovative and creative in selection of it's sacrifices. Here, I am talking about a chess engine designed to accept some calculated risks. Not the current crop which always tries to play the "best" move. The chess engines are already good enough to whip most of us. Why not try to find ways to make their play more interesting? Having them play some speculative chess would add interest. They would still whip most of us even if some of the speculative sacs proved to be unsound. The engine should be programmed to play speculative moves such that the refutation is very hard to find. Bob D.
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