Author: Ted Summers
Date: 06:13:52 11/16/05
The following quote comes from Chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2686 " The properties of a chess position are largely determined by the pawn structure, and this is where Fritz 9 has received much more generalised chess knowledge than its predecessor. Another touchy point is king safety. Unlike human beings chess programs tend to be oblivious to dangers looming against the king until these dangers are revealed in concrete variations which the program can calculate. This weakness is not immediately obvious when you play computers against each other, but when they encounter strong opponents it may spell their downfall. Fritz 9 has also been greatly improved in this area and can detect long-term threats against the king long before they appear in the search tree. This does not just lead to better defensive play, it also causes the program to sense potential dangers to the enemy king and lauch devastating attacks based on these weaknesses. So it becomes more and more difficult to play “anti-computer chess” against the program, while at the same time it has become an even more dangerous opponent for human players." Now as to the second paragragh of this qoute, so what are the weakness of this approach? Lastly I wonder what "Father" would have to say about the "anti-computer" comment. Thanks
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