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Subject: Re: CSS WM TEST - a technical view

Author: Steve Glanzfeld

Date: 13:26:09 06/15/04

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On June 15, 2004 at 16:12:30, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On June 15, 2004 at 16:09:10, Steve Glanzfeld wrote:
>
>>Patzer moves are BAD moves you know :) not those which are chosen for a (bm)
>>test.
>
>Patzer moves are easy looking moves, which in case of the selected positions are
>working. In normal positions they can be indeed be very bad.
>
>If you do not understand this with your limited capabilities, then it will
>indeed be difficult to understand chess.

No normal program will choose an unusual move (i.e. a queen sac) "out of the
blue" in a normal position. Except, the program is completely broken.

You guys are argueing as if it would be DOWNRIGHT BAD when a chess program finds
good moves (quickly)... I wonder what a chess program looks like, when it is
based on that philosophy :)) Does it try to avoid the good moves? So, if there's
a lack of success, the chances are good that we have found a major reason here
:)

Steve



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