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Subject: Re: Computers Still Lack Imagination ...

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 14:30:00 12/01/02

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On December 01, 2002 at 13:09:10, Art Basham wrote:

>Here is the game that I won this past week on the internet...
>
>1.f4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.0-0 a6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe1
>d4 10.e4 Nh6 11.h3 0-0-0 12.Kh1 Rde8 13.Na3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 f5 15.e5 g6 16.Bd2 Qa7
>17.Rb1 Kd8 18.Ng5 Ref8 19.Ba5+ Kc8 20.Bb6 Qa8 21.Bc5 Re8 22.Rb6! Kc7 23.Qb1 Kc8
>24.Bd6 Nd8 25.Bxa6 Bc6 26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.Qxb5 Nc6 28.Rb1 Nd8 29.Qc4+ Kd7 Tunroc
>abandonne  (Lag: Av=0.82s, max=1.5s)[29...Nc6 30.Nxe6 Qa5 31.Rxc6+ bxc6 32.Qxc6+
>Qc7 33.Qxc7#]  1-0
>
>The way I see it...
>
>Most computer progtams (at move 22) will play Qh4..? when I played Rb6...! and
>seized control of the  open b file and won!
>
>That is because computers still lack "imagination" and still cannot "make a
>plan" for a winning position and attack at move 22...etc.
>
>Moving the Queen to the wrong side of the board wins the knight, but
>does not attack the King...etc.
>regards
>Art

I think what Art is saying is that there is something aesthetically unappealing
[i.e. not "artful"] about the way the current crop of chess engines play.  This
is a subjective thing.  Different people see things differently. What is
beautiful to one may not be to another.

Maybe someday the chess programmers will turn their attention to winning
brilliancy prizes.  But first they must be offered.  Maybe SSDF will offer such
prizes someday.  The cost of hiring qualified people to serve as judges might be
too expensive right now.  Besides, who would do it?  Offer $1,000.000 for eight
games, and maybe Kramnik would serve as a judge?  : )

Until programmers get serious about this, it will never happen.  : (

There is something really grubby about "win, win, win"!

Bob D.



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