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Subject: Re: Thinking Machine 4

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 17:37:05 11/03/04

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On November 02, 2004 at 17:12:49, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On November 02, 2004 at 16:16:15, Steve B wrote:
>
>>On November 02, 2004 at 16:05:20, Thomas Blomquist wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>This is a true horror machine!.
>>>I played a game against it,
>>>i wasn't allowed to trade of any pieces
>>>or pawns!, so it's hard to defeat to ;-)
>>
>>more a gimmick then anything else
>>it played h7-h5 on its third move,indicating there is no real chess program to
>>speak of
>
>Yeah, it's play was very weak........
>
>>
>>i will be testing the Thinking machine against Fritz 8.1234   or is it 8.4321?
>>also i plan on a 1000 game match against Shredder 7.113(or is it Shredder
>>7.331?)
>>i will use auto 232
>>
>>should have some reliable results perhaps in the sping of 05
>>
>>furthermore,i suspect the so-called graphic representation of the thinking lines
>>is nothing more then the program displaying all of the possible legal moves in a
>>given position
>
> I don't think that. Because when i played a game against it, the move that it
>had more probability to be played by me in the future or by it, seemed to have a
>bigger density of "lines".
> I should note that i haven't manage to end the game, since when it captured my
>Knight it didn't let me to recapture with my Queen. But i was allowed to move
>anywhere else. Very fair........:-)
>
>>
>>in Summary..
>>i liked it!
>>was kinda different
>>:)
>>

They mention in the text that it plays like the average viewer.  I see it as
another way of creating "modern art".  Should be able to save the pictures it
makes and print them.
Jim
>>Steve



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