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Subject: Re: No Need For Computers To Evaluate Chess Positions!

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 03:07:37 07/01/03

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On July 01, 2003 at 05:54:56, Richard Pijl wrote:

>On July 01, 2003 at 05:41:31, Graham Laight wrote:
>
>>When a GM is contemplating a move, he doesn't say to himself, "Hmmmmm. I would
>>give the resulting position a score of 1.723".
>>
>>Such an evaluation is nonsense anyway. There should properly be only 3
>>evaluations:
>>
>>1. Winning position
>>
>>2. Drawing position
>>
>>3. Losing position
>>
>>It would be nice if a program could work as follows:
>>
>>"nb5. This position contains a possible bishop trap".
>>
>>"nd5. This puts more pressure on the opponent's king"
>>
>>"Opponent classification: bishop trap success rate = 25%"
>>
>>"Opponent classification: king attack success rate = 15%"
>>
>>"Choice = nb5".
>>
>>-g
>
>Basically this is what chess programs do. Finding weakspots/strongpoints and the
>possibilities to make use of them. All of those are folded into one number to be
>able to compare two positions.
>Richard.

Yes, that's what I thught. There has to be a numeric conclusion somewhere. If
humans could do that, it might be easier!
S.Taylor



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