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Subject: Re: Beauty In Chess..The Differences Between Human And Computer Play

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:18:37 01/20/05

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On January 20, 2005 at 17:21:26, Steve B wrote:

>>Computer play probably has a lot of beauty in it...it's just that we have human
>>brains, and those brains constrain our appreciation of beauty. Is beautiful
>>chess always winning chess? Is winning chess always beautiful? If winning chess
>>is always beautiful, then it would seem that GM-level programs must be producing
>>a lot of beautiful chess these days.
>
>the book tried to define beauty with a set of strict rules
>one was the one i mentioned
>other's  were:
>deliver mate with weakest piece possible
>use the least number of pieces to effect the mate
>etcetc
>
>by polling the 20 rated experts these  rules were observed and then incorporated
>into the algorithm
>
>the author was  not making a subjective definition of beauty
>only using that term to describe the set of rules that humans follow when
>contemplating their next move
>
>his program closely mimicks how these 20 experts would come uo with a mating
>move
>
>no current day program employs these sorts of rules in evaluating a position

Trying to define beauty with a set of rules is silly to me.




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