Author: robert flesher
Date: 13:49:23 12/30/02
Without the opening knowledge that we all attain as we become better players the game is NO longer Chess it a matter of speaking. The computers must have the basic positions of all the major openings as these are time tested and proven to be sound in relative terms. I have stated that engines are tuned for certain positions, this is one of the strength's and should not be taken away from them. Its like asking, or telling Mikhail Tal he cannot sac.....//Botvinnik would have thanked us:)//...... there goes his strength, his edge!. If the concern is the rating?use the Nunn test positions where each engine gets a chance to evaluate a key, well known position. To watch computer's battle through the opening seems like a waste of time to me as they still lack the long term strategic understanding needed. The day i see a computer play the Marshall Gambit, Morra Gambit, or other genuine pawn sacks in the opening for positional play, or to get an edge, then i will change my mind. Cheers~
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