Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:18:20 07/16/03
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On July 16, 2003 at 15:05:51, stuart taylor wrote: >Presumably, the greatest genius of a chess program today would be Shredder 7.04, >Junior 8, CM9K, or Fritz 8. >Possibly also Tiger 15 or Rebel 12, (or even Hiarcs 8?). >What do I mean by genius? > >That means a few things, like >1).Feeling of an aura in the moves it makes (unexpectedness as well as being >extremely potent at the same time). >2).Top elo scorrer >3).Greatest discernable beauty of tactics and/or positional knowledge which >makes deep sense, also, combined with results, I mean "Not just a pretty face"! > >It might JUST be that a lower scorrer seems like a greater genius, even possibly >a non-comercial free program! > >Opinions please, but please state reasons/descriptions etc. >Say whatever you REALLY think. > Every good program looks like a genius at times. Also, at some time, it will look like a fool. Phalanx sometimes makes a great move that others miss. Probably, the top ten programs of the SSDF list are the closest thing to consistent "genius" play.
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