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Subject: Re: Questions to Programmers

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:26:19 03/27/99

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On March 27, 1999 at 04:49:16, Sylvain Lacombe wrote:

>On March 26, 1999 at 21:10:14, odell hall wrote:
>
>>Hi CCC
>>
>>
>> This may an incredibly naive question, I'm going to ask any way, my curiosity
>>has gotten the best of me.  I think one of the weakness of computers is that
>>they tend to play the board instead of the Person. Many games I have managed to
>>draw strong computers because they had taken no risk, whereas a human of equal
>>strength knowing that they were not playing a strong master might make slightly
>>inferior moves, with the knowledge that the weaker player will make inaccurcies.
>> My question is, is it possible to create a program  which would prompt a person
>>at the beginning of the game to enter an appromiate rating? Once that rating is
>>entered the computer would then play in a style that is still very solid, but
>>will also play with some degree of risk? Or is this just a crazy fantasy? Would
>>not the computer be mimicking the play of humans, who adjust their play
>>according to the opponent?
>
>Hi Odell,
>
>When we say that the computer plays the board instead of the person, we mean
>that for the computer, each time time it start to think about a position, for
>him it is a new game. It would play the same move if you would restart the
>engine and start from that position. The computer doesn't remember the move you
>made previously. That's why i think strong players doesn't what to play
>computers. Computers doesn't make any plans so it's kind of boring for them,
>they need to counter a plan not moves. If somebody would be able to make
>computers build plans all that would change. It would be more fun for them,
>cause they would try to find out what plan the computer has built to counter
>their own and vice-verca.
>
>Sylvain.

	There have been some planning chess programs since long ago, I do not remember
their names. But they have never become as strong as the non-planning ones.
Also, they tend to be too hasty to carry over their plans, they do not seem to
know preparation moves.




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