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Subject: Re: in some cases humans are much better in tactics than computers

Author: Thomas Lagershausen

Date: 08:44:53 08/07/04

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On August 07, 2004 at 10:29:57, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 07, 2004 at 10:21:27, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 2004 at 09:47:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On August 07, 2004 at 08:51:51, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>>>
>>>>[D]3r2rk/3n1pp1/2p1b2p/3q3P/pp1PNQ2/2P2P2/PP6/KB4RR w - - 0 29
>>>>
>>>>In this speedchessgame in round two of the fide-wcc 2004 the IM Neelotpal
>>>>(2457)found with 29.Rg1-g6 !! with the thread to sacrifice the rook on h6 the
>>>>strongest move to show that white is not(!) worse in this position.
>>>>
>>>>I bet that every computer of the world wouldn´t have found this in a compareable
>>>>time.
>>>>
>>>>So this is a lesson in tactics where computers can learn form human players.
>>>>
>>>>Do you agree?
>>>>
>>>>TL
>>>
>>>
>>>No
>>>
>>>I suspect that the human gambled about 29.Rg6 without checking all the
>>>possibilities with the idea that if he cannot find a defence for black by some
>>>selective lines that he analyzed then the opponent will probably also not find
>>>it even if the sacrifice is not correct.
>>
>>It is easy to say i suspect that someone can´t calculate this variation because
>>nobody can look in a human brain. I don´t like this style of thinking because it
>>has something like i can´t do it so everybody can´t do it. And that is nonsense.
>>A player with a ELO of 2457 can calculate things much better than a
>>nonprofessional player. That´s the way it is, and every strong player will agree
>>with this.
>
>I did not claim that it is wrong that 2457 player can calculate things better
>than me but it does not mean that I cannot have an opinion that something is
>impossible to calculate for humans because the number of lines to prove it with
>a computer is too high.
>
>It does not mean that the decision of the human to sacrifice was wrong decision.
>
>Chess is a practical game and decision to sacrifice for the reason:
>"if I can not see defence for the opponent then there is a good chance can be
>correct practical decision and tal is known to play sacrifices based on this
>reason and the fact that part of them were in theory wrong does not change the
>fact that it was good practical decision to play them.
>
>Uri

Chess is also a scientific game and a lot of strong players didn´t make
sacrifieces with the motivation of Michael Tal.They calculate the lines till a
position which they know by expierence as a winning position.

Thomas



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