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Subject: Re: Very odd play here.. Is this a Bug?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:13:33 04/23/05

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On April 23, 2005 at 20:34:15, chandler yergin wrote:

>On April 23, 2005 at 19:56:19, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On April 23, 2005 at 15:57:10, chandler yergin wrote:
>>
>>>I say..
>>>
>>>It's BUG! The Programmers should fix it!
>>
>>It is not in any conceivable way a bug. No matter whether the program takes the
>>Bishop or not, the game is a draw. How, then, can one move be better than
>>another?
>>
>>First you say that computers are materialistic (which sounds like a derogatory
>>comment), then you complain when they DON'T play materialistically?
>
>Not at all... Material is everything! You can't win a game without a material
>advantage or positional compensation equal to or better than.

We're not talking about winning a game. We're talking about two different moves
that result in a draw.

>>
>>According to you, White MUST capture Black's Queen in this position:
>
>Not according to me!  That's just an even  trade!
>
>What don't you understand about that?
>
>Do you think a Grandmaster would not have taken the Bishop?
>
>Or a Beginner?
>
>Or any Human Chess Player?

Who cares what a human player would do?

What matters is playing a move that does not lose in a drawn position (or draw
OR lose in a won position).

The position that you gave is drawn and the move that was made does not lose.
How is that wrong?

>The point is that humans and Computers do not play the same.
>Computers don't have intelligence!
>
>It shows!

Nobody ever said that computers have intelligence. All I'm saying is that the
move is not wrong, and I defy you to find a Grandmaster that would say that the
move IS wrong.

jm



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