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Subject: Re: Psychiatrist Matches wits with Fritz? Take a Look

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 01:59:52 10/05/03

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On October 05, 2003 at 01:18:05, Alex  wrote:

>  Actually wheter this "DOctor" is legitimate or not I found his described
>concepts quite intriguing......  Indeed to find a particular weakness of a
>program is just NOT thaat hard to do..... Many programs are loathe to close a
>position......... this is well known.  The "doctors" concept of pusing pawn
>agaisnt the programs king under a circumstance of a blocked (if not closed)
>center may indeed be correct - but I have not tested them......  Alex.

Even from your brief description I am fairly sure there is nothing new about
this; it has been known for years and I can still do it against weaker or older
programs. I think he would have trouble with the Rebels and Hiarcses ... !

That he managed to get a book published out of it shows that someone, somewhere,
was asleep at the wheel ...

Alastair



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