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Subject: Re: Some explanations about SmarThink

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 07:23:24 06/06/03

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On June 06, 2003 at 06:52:14, Sergei S. Markoff wrote:

>Using of Botvinik ideas, I think, is only possible from very critical point of
>view. The main problem that Botvinnik did a completely unproved conclusion that
>computers must use in chess methods that is similar to human ones. But the
>architecture of our electronic machines is completely different, very unlike
>human brain. Botvinnik spent a lot of his own time and time of his adepts trying
>to implement human methods of chess-playing. But this goal needs not only near
>infinite programming skills, but a fantastic methodology of human knowledge
>extraction. Our conceptions of our knowledge is often very methaphysically. It's
>only the illusions.
>
>When reading Botvinnik your can found that modern computer chess is under a
>great influence of his ideas. But this is only influence, not direct using of
>any concrete ideas. The Botvinnik idea is to build search on knowledge. Not
>divide search and evaluation. It's a very mechinistic division. Botvinnik's
>program must be very intellegent, it must discover some lines much deeper that
>other ones.

Should we try to reproduce how humans play chess ?
or should we better use computer methods too create a strong chess program ?

IMO we should try to make a chess program that plays like humans do.
there have been efforts.

Take e.g. Mephisto III by Nitsche and Henne.
(this program got a world-championship title 1984)

Take Botwinniks Pioneer.
Take Chess System Tal. (It beated Genius !)




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