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Subject: Re: Are computers really the tactical monsters we thought they were?

Author: allan johnson

Date: 22:50:29 04/30/99

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On May 01, 1999 at 01:11:57, James Robertson wrote:

>On May 01, 1999 at 01:07:34, eric guttenberg wrote:
>
>>It is a telling commentary on the continually growing accomplishments of
>>the top chess computer programs that one of the top ranked grandmasters in
>>the world can lose a match to one such program by 5.5-2.5 and have
>>somebody hail it as a great victory for the human player.
>>
>>eric
>
>You missed the point of my post completely. :(
>
>James

James If you saying that because Polgar won a couple of battles in the tactics
department that computers may not be as strong in that area as lots of people
are suggessting then what are the strengths of the computer that enable it to
clock up a 5.5-2.5 scoreline?Time pressure on the human,superior
positionalplay,mistakes made by the human? I'd be interested to read yours and
other people's opinions.
Rabbits






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