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Subject: Re: Is Rebel12 beta1 stronger than Shredder7.04 against human? NT

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:16:37 04/24/03

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On April 24, 2003 at 06:11:10, stuart taylor wrote:

>On April 24, 2003 at 01:06:50, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On April 23, 2003 at 21:31:16, Eran wrote:
>>
>>>.
>>
>>For most humans they are equal because both are going to score 100% against most
>>humans.
>>
>>Uri
>
>It makes a big difference HOW it beats the human. One might do it through
>tactics, the other through strategic wisdom. The second one is BETTER against
>humans and will win more humans, AND will be more interesting to play at the
>same time.
> Do you agree?

No

I see no reason to assume that winning by tactics means lower level.

Is it better if a program that has a tactical combination miss it only to win
later by strategic wisdom thanks to positional errors of the opponent?

Uri



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