Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 07:22:06 02/04/04
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On February 04, 2004 at 09:58:13, Bob Durrett wrote: >On February 04, 2004 at 09:50:40, Harald Faber wrote: > >>Well, in general if a program plays a sac it does work - except CSTal and Junior >>7 of course. :-) Yes. This is precisely why most programs are so boring. They are boring to watch, and boring to play against. When Fritz (just to take one randomly chosen example) sacrifices a piece against me I can be almost 100% sure that the sacrifice is sound and that Fritz has calculated everything correctly. The only interesting thing left to do is to analyze a few lines and find out precisely how the combination works. When CSTal makes a sac, the situation is totally different. I never know for sure whether it is a combination or a speculative sacrifice. It could also happen that CSTal plays what it believes is a correct combination, but that it has overlooked some critical line. In short, playing against CSTal gives a feeling which to a certain extent resembles playing against an aggressive and imaginative human, who occasionally makes errors in his calculations. This is entirely different and much more fun than playing against (say) Fritz. Unfortunately, I have never played against Junior 7. It sounds like a nice program, from what I have heard. >>Then it is a program for kids. > >. . . of all ages. : ) Exactly. I hope to remain a kid for some more time. :-) Tord
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