Author: David Mitchell
Date: 20:04:32 07/05/04
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On July 05, 2004 at 20:57:51, Larry Oliver wrote: >Is there a common opening line that would most likely be generated by all state >of the art programs with their opening books disabled with say, one hour >thinking time for each move on a super computer? I'd think it would be something >like a very symetrical Four Knights game. I don't think you would ever see an >Evan's Gambit. And if not, does that tell us the gambit is unsound? Any time you ask about "all" programs doing something, you're on thin ice, with ominous cracking noises all around you. :) Gambit lines rely on giving up material now, for a positional advantage which the gambiter hopes will lead to a decisive positional or material advantage, later. Just the kind of thing that's beyond the ability of a computer program to handle. How can the program evaluate what is well beyond it's "horizon"? (if the program could actually calculate to the depth needed, then it wouldn't be a gambit would it?) I don't believe CC programs tell us anything about a gambit's soundness. They either play them, by rote, from book, or they don't play them at all, thoroughly avoiding the issue, imo. Dave
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