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Subject: Re: We Need a Chess Engine Designed to Play Speculative Chess

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 10:13:44 10/24/02

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On October 24, 2002 at 13:09:46, Bob Durrett wrote:

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>
>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.

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and I am sure there are plenty more that I haven't thought of
>
>Bob D.



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