Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 01:44:23 11/27/98
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Mr. Oudheusden, I assume that you are responding to all the posts on this site that brag about beating a particular program or playing it to a draw and then claiming that it is a weak program. This is just human nature. I do agree with you that just playing on a board without looking at play continuation lines will make winning less likely. It is fun however to let the program select a move that causes it to beat itself. It is also informative to play a line and then return to the beginning and try another line. I myself can usually beat expert level chess players but get whipped by candidate masters and above. I am unrated and refuse to get rated because of the large number of neurotic individuals in chess clubs. I prefer to play chess programs that don't get pissed when they lose. Computer chess is fascinating because it offers one the opportunity to play an opponent that while not self-aware is an extension of human play and is quite adept at the game. As this programming of chess matures we will get to the point where a program will use optimized sub-programs in specific positions and play truly beautiful chess. I really like to be beaten soundly by a creative adversary. Eventually, even the most gifted humans will not be able to beat the monsters that are coming on the face of the chess world. We or our children will be in awe of the amazing play of these coming robots. We all want a program that plays beautiful chess.
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