Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 06:40:49 02/25/06
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On February 25, 2006 at 09:24:19, Derek Paquette wrote: >On February 25, 2006 at 04:28:52, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: > >>I just watched yet another game involving the famed rybka pawn push....Glauring >>did not seem to recognize the danger of the passed pawn till it got to the 6th >>row, wheras rybka seemed to recognize it immiediately.. >> >>I have two questions regarding this advantage rybka seems to have over all >>others >> >>1) Once you see this error in chess engines (not recognizing the danger of a >>passed pawn early enough), how easy is it to program your engine to correct the >>weakness. Is this rybka's major "trick" and once engines adjust to it, will >>rybka be pulled back to equal with the other engines. >> >>2) this leads me to a more general question. are chess engines getting better >>against humans, or are they only getting better against other engines. This >>rybka pawn push......would super GM's fall for it. Did rybka merely expose a >>latent weakness that exists only in other engines but not in humans (e.g., >>humans are usually pretty good at seeing long term pawn push plans) > >As to if programs are getting better vs humans and not just programs > >my money is on rybka in a match vs anyone in the world how much money? Sandro
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