Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: One of the most daring sacrifices ever played!!

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 06:44:42 10/31/03

Go up one level in this thread


On October 31, 2003 at 09:36:08, Tord Romstad wrote:

[snip]

>Yes.  This position is a good example of Bent Larsen's claim that "the major
>weakness of computer chess programs is tactics" (I don't remember the precise
>quote).  While computer programs are good at finding shallow tactics quickly,
>they still can't match the best human players at finding extremely deep
>combinations.

Is this the same Larsen who once played against DT, was in a position where he
could capture an unguarded knight, didn't see a reason why not to, chose to
capture it, DT answered with "mate in 17" or something and he didn't believe it
but continued to play? ;)

Sargon



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.