Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:40:17 05/05/99
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On May 05, 1999 at 12:58:09, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On May 05, 1999 at 05:43:22, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>We spoke a lot on: strategy, tactics, positional programs, tactical programs, >>etc. I think that difference doesn't exist between strategy and tactics. I >>think too that chemistry and physics are the same tingh. It would being crazy? >>I believe that, as it is spoken in Brazil, " Of doctor and crazy we everybody >>has a little " (this sentence is funny in the Portuguese language, because the >>rhyme exists). > >Hola Paulo, > in Spanish it is: "de médico, poeta y loco, todos tenemos un poco". > >> Leaving the madness sideways (or continuing with it), I believe >>that to separate a subject to be studied by parts, only makes sense in view of >>the limitation of the human mind, that needs references for best to understand >>the things. I am not writing that with the purpose of ending with our >>references, because we needed them, after all we have a limited mind. The one >>that we needed to understand is that they are just references, and not absolute >>things, that is to say, points exists in that won't get to distinguish among >>physics and chemistry, strategy and tactics, etc, etc, etc. > > Pachman, in one of his books, defines strategy as "what to do" and tactics as >"how to do it". I think this definition only applies to human chess players, and >not to computers. > >>Chess Tiger is known as a tactical program, I found very interesting and funny >>this sentence of Christophe Theron, that expresses well that I think: "Chess >>Tiger is a knowledge based program. The purpose of anything I put in it is >>to understand chess better and to win more games. That's why it's knowledge >>based." >> > > Then most competitive chess programs are knowledge based. > >>Regards, >> >>Paulo Soares, from Brazil Which is total bunk, as discussed in another thread. Dave
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