Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 22:56:33 04/16/99
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On April 16, 1999 at 22:08:56, Roberto Waldteufel wrote: >I am a mathematician by profession and a programmer of intelligent games (like >chess, checkers etc) by hobby, and I have often contemplated the relationship >between these two things. Whereas I think it is an interesting relationship, I >don't think it is very useful for actually playing or programming such games. >Just my opinion, for whatever it is worth, I agree, and I think that attempts to investigate chess using mathematics are futile. For example, there are web sites where people try to figure out the value of pieces by finding a magic formula that is a function of mobility. These formulas don't take into account, among many other things, the interaction between the pieces and pawn structure. bruce
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