Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:38:44 11/17/03
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On November 17, 2003 at 09:21:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 16, 2003 at 20:08:45, K. Burcham wrote: > >> >>why do programs allow humans to control these openings? >>why do programs allow humans to set up these walls instead of exchange pawns for >>open files? >>why can't code be written to exchange pawns even when early in book? > >If you do that, you also get ripped. You don't just open a file because you >can, you do it because you should, given the specific position. Otherwise >you self-immolate by opening files against your own king, etc... or when >your opponent can eventually take control of the file. I have a question regarding the blocked position issue. Is it possible to ensure either a blocked or open position? IE If a program is very good in open positions (like most programs are), it would be beneficial to open up the game and complicate it. If you could write your program to never allow the position to become blocked, that would be advantageous. On the other hand, it might be to your advantage to keep the position blocked up if you, say, need a draw, or are playing a superior human or program. In theory it sounds nice to just say, "never let the computer get into an open/closed position", but how realistic is it that the computer will be able to accomplish either consistently? It seems like it would be more realistic to be able to open up the position consistently, since it is kind of a one-way thing. IE Once you open up the position, it's very unlikely (impossible?) that it will be closed up again. I haven't been able to find a method that will consistently obtain a locked position against the computer. I think the computer has to give you a little help. You've done some of this with Crafty on ICC to prevent the intentional draws from humans. What do you think?
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