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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