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Subject: What topic could be more important?

Author: Pierre Chevalier

Date: 10:49:25 11/03/03

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On November 03, 2003 at 04:22:49, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 02, 2003 at 22:47:33, Pierre Chevalier wrote:
>
>>On November 02, 2003 at 15:26:17, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On November 02, 2003 at 14:56:57, Pierre Chevalier wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 02, 2003 at 09:55:08, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Without its good opening book, Junior 8 is sometimes playing like
>>>>>a toothless tiger. Often seen in our NBE 2003 tournament, please
>>>>>refer to our homepage "Kurt & Rolf Chess", section NBE 2003
>>>>>http://www.utzingerkurt.com Below a commented example.
>>>>>Kurt
>>>>>

>>>>You are putting Junior at a disadvantage by asking it to play 1 c4.
>>>>Junior is designed to play 1 e4.  There is a huge difference between the moves.
>>>>1 e4 leads to more tactical situations in which Junior excels.
>>>
>>>     Don't you think that 1.e4 is in principle for all computer
>>>     programs the best choice?
>>>     Kurt
>>Yes I think 1 e4 is the best choice for a program.
>>1 e4 leads to tactics which computers handle well.
>
>I think that you forget that the testing is comp-comp and not comp-human.

This forum is more than just SSDF testing.

>Another point is that I do not understand why people do comparison to humans.

What topic could possibly be more important than humans versus computers
in competitive chess? ( I know that will get answered. )

>You could also say:
>"I think that 1.d4 is the best choice for a human.
>1.e4 leads to tactical positions which humans do not know to play well."
>
>Uri
Yes those statements are true!



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