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Subject: Re: It was true when it was written

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 03:49:54 02/26/04

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On February 25, 2004 at 14:37:03, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On February 25, 2004 at 14:23:46, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On February 25, 2004 at 14:16:15, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>
>>>Actually the point isn't so much whether it is crushing or not, the point is
>>>that the right move may be played for the wrong reasons.
>>>
>>>The move might be good (objectively speaking forcing a win) but to be sure of
>>>that you need a fairly deep calculation, way too deep to be found in 1 second.
>>>
>>>When an engine makes the right move for the wrong reasons it is always cause >for concern, IMO.
>>>
>>>Bottom line it is a matter of "style", not tactical abilities, hence I'm not
>>>sure I'd consider it a good test position.
>>
>>I really dont care for the reasons my engine has, as long as it's playing the
>>right moves.
>>
>>If it's playing the wrong ones, then it's a time to care about reasons.
>
>I think there is a fundamental difference between "guessing" (eval) and
>"knowing" (search), at least when it comes to tactical test suites.
>
>Of course if your eval is super tuned then guessing can almost be as accurate as
>knowing :)

So you still have no clue yet how much tactics gets solved by the commercial
software by using eval.

>>In this case, the reason for busting up the position is it deems white's
>>king position as untenable. And I think that's the right reason, too.
>
>In _this case_ perhaps yes.
>
>Anyway, the material balance is nearly equal even after "the sac", it is
>possible it should be viewed as an interesting exchange rather than a real sac.
>
>-S.
>
>>--
>>GCP



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