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Subject: Re: IS FRITZ 8 the same that FRITZ IN BAHRAIN???

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 06:19:33 11/25/02

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On November 24, 2002 at 12:45:44, stuart taylor wrote:

>On November 24, 2002 at 12:29:26, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>On November 24, 2002 at 08:57:51, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On November 24, 2002 at 07:49:59, Marc van Hal wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 05:44:54, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 23, 2002 at 22:38:43, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, maybe with some refinements;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>But not refinements that can increase playing strength, or atleast results
>>>>>and/or charm?
>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>
>>>>I think your wrong about the charm it now also has Real 3d pieces.
>>>>Marc
>>>
>>>Oooooh sorry!  That's also charm, for sure! But I was refering to it's playing
>>>style, meaning depth and knowledge etc.
>>>
>>>If a program wins the same amount of games beautifully and with obvious depth of
>>>understanding, as another program does simply in a cold bloodied way, then I
>>>would say that the first program is actually a bit stronger, than the second.
>>> Work it out for yourself!
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>I would say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people prefer a long
>>positional game, while others find beauty in romantic 18 century attacks. So I
>>think your charm question is unanswerable.
>>
>>Torstein
>
>Both those things are what I mean by beauty and charm, if they are what the
>position most calls for, and allows.
>Often, computer games have neither.
>S.Taylor

In my definiton this is not about charm, but raw strenght! The engine playing
closest to what the position demands is simply the strongest!

Torstein



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