Author: blass uri
Date: 01:07:29 05/15/99
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On May 14, 1999 at 19:36:15, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi all: >Suppoose you are playing a game and you arrive to a decisive position. Suppose >you have only two options, move A and move B. And each of them gives ten posible >counter moves to your opponent. OK? Now suppose that of the ten moves the >opponent can do after you move "A", the very best of them gives him an score of, >say, -0,21. The rest are even less good for him. And suppose that of the ten >moves the opponen has for your move "B", 9 are awfully bad for him, a lot worst >than -0,21, but he has one move that give him, say, +1,1. And now the last >suposition: your adversary has five seconds left in his clock to complete his >move. Now tell me which is the "best" move to do, A or B? >You see, in this extreme example I think the problem of what is "best" appear >clearly. Clearly is not so clear. I bet than any human player would play B on >the ground that with such few time at his disposal, there are very good chances >the adversary will commit a mistake. It depends on the position. If the one move that gives +1.1 is an obvious move(for example an obvious capture) then I am going to play A because I do not expect the opponent to go wrong after B. Uri
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