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Subject: Re: Chess Tiger 2004: It's so quiet

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 05:50:22 10/31/04

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On October 31, 2004 at 08:10:48, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On October 31, 2004 at 05:08:17, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On October 31, 2004 at 04:55:33, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>you cannot create an engine that plays like tarrasch AND tal.
>>
>>
>>       Hi Thorsten
>>       No question: that's simply impossible. But do
>>       you think this was Christophe's intention?
>>       Kurt
>
>i think that programmers do not like the idea of a program they don't know WHAT
>it will do.
>
>i mean: a program that sacs a piece, and that the sac is not ACCURATE but a
>bluff.
>
>a programmer is "more safe" when he writes a program that plays more SOLID
>stuff.
>
>it has much to do with the personality of the programmer himself.
>
>e.g. IMO CHESS GENIUS played so SAVE because richard lang is a very shy and
>quiet and save person.

Note that Anderssen, the 19th century attacking player, was a very quiet school
teacher.

                                          Albert



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