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Subject: Re: Of chess engines and chess knowledge

Author: Ingo Bauer

Date: 14:40:41 07/11/03

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Hi

I can agree with you (except that nearly EVERY engine without an opening book
can still beat me!) but it seems you havent read my posting nor have you tried
to see my point.

Ingo

>Hello,
>
>I just tried to remember that chess is much more
>than calculating.
>Have you ever wondered why 99% of engine-engine matches (with longer time
>controls) are pure boredom? (Just try it without opening books...)
>
>Mihaly
>
>
>
>On July 11, 2003 at 16:23:59, Ingo Bauer wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>>We talk a lot about chess programs beating each other and
>>>grandmasters, even reching 2800 Elo (gasp), but when will
>>>we meet a chess engine which can 'understand' the position
>>>below? I can explain it to a 10 years old child and he/she
>>>will grasp it...
>>
>>The position is nice and easy to understand 4 a human (thx 4 that) but why is
>>there allways these "undertone" that is saying "These monsters are just stupid,
>>there will allways be something that they never can find".
>>
>>I would like to see a self running computer searching games of the great
>>players, looking for mistakes of them (and there are quite a few!). After the
>>computer has found something it should publish these positions in a forum saying
>>something like "Look at these humans. They claim to be geniuses but this mistake
>>would even an average amateur engine never do ... and btw the human opponent
>>missed that oportunity to win the game. These humans will do mistakes forever
>>..."
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Ingo



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