Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 12:49:36 01/18/04
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Hi Sandro, > well my opinion is that today best chess programs, includind Shredder 8, play > some positions like super GM, other positions like GM and other positions > much weaker. > I wrote several articles in the Scacco! chess magazine on this matter from > 1991 to 1999. > I think this problem will not be solved soon. > We will have to wait some years to have programs not to play weak in some > positions. well, my opinion is, that nowadays chessprograms can achieve results even like super GMs but with a totally different playing style - you know, when you would take another viewpoint e.g. from the engines point of view you can also say: "I do not understand those humans - this simple tactical loss of a pawn in 12 moves was oversean by him but then he cames out with such a strong positional move -> sometimes take play like top programs, sometimes like the upper class and sometimes like childs" - Shredder ended... :) The simple fact is, that chess engines play chess totally different then humans do - they get better and better to hide this, sometimes we even think that they have a plan (which is with current algorithms simply nonsens). I believe that even in more then 10 years you will find positions where engines look totally stupid... to us - the humans... Greets, Thomas P.S.: Well, when thinking about books - this is grown theory over 100 and more years - a GM with let's say an opening knowledge of 1900 - e.g. Lasker - would have really problems facing nowadays opening knowledge at a tourney... not only chess programs have advantages out of the grown knowledge - also all the players... besides: 3. Ld3 in the french did really make me upset in Graz... :) Great research, great move... you bookcooker guys are even as magic as the top programmers like Stefan, Frans, Christophe, Amir, Shay, Chrilly, Mark and all the others...
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