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Subject: Re: Comment on Junior 5 - Nimzo games

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:37:17 11/05/98

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On November 05, 1998 at 11:04:45, Mike Stoker wrote:

>Can anyone explain why a disproportionate number of computer-computer games go
>on for a large number of moves?  For example, several of the Junior5 - Nimzo
>games exceed 100 moves.  Is this simply because the machines play on in drawn
>positions, or is there a deeper reason?
>
>Mike.

This is because computers are weak in the endgame.

Sometimes they do not understand that the position is a draw and manage to lose
a drawn position.
Sometimes they cannot find a simple win in the endgame.

Uri



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