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Subject: Re: Computer opinions on antipositional move

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:29:49 09/02/03

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On September 02, 2003 at 15:13:06, Peter Fendrich wrote:

>On September 02, 2003 at 14:55:55, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On September 02, 2003 at 14:40:03, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>
>>>On September 02, 2003 at 08:53:59, Alastair Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>>[D]r1b1k2r/1p1p1ppp/4pq2/8/pQP1n3/P1n2NP1/1B2PP1P/R3KB1R w KQkq - 2 15
>>>>
>>>>When reviewing my (human-human) games with Yace Paderborn it came across a
>>>>stunner here: 15.g4!?
>>>>
>>>>I would not have thought of it for a second, yet it appears to win a piece at
>>>>the cost of one or two pawns and a very messy position, hence the "!?". What
>>>>does your program think?
>>>>
>>>>Interestingly, the "stronger" programs tend to go for g4, whereas the "weaker
>>>>ones" (plus myself :) go for Rc1.
>>>
>>>My program -- a very weak one -- prefers g4.
>>>
>>>Tord
>>
>>It is not a very weak program.
>>It is better than most of the programs in Leo tournament.
>>
>>It qualified for the 3th division of Leo.
>>
>>There are 72 programs in the premier division and division 1-3
>>
>>There are 160 programs in Leo tournament.
>>
>>A program that is in the best 72 out of 160 programs is not very weak program.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I don't understand your logic.
>Why isn't all 160 programs weak or maybe 159 of them?
>How do you set the limit for weak?

I assume that at least a program that is better than most programs is not
a very weak program so at least the best 80 programs are not very weak programs.

weak is something relative to other programs.

Uri



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