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Subject: Re: About "Best" Moves. Maybe is not so clear waht it is...

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 12:49:41 05/16/99

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On May 15, 1999 at 04:07:29, blass uri wrote:

>
>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

Of course you are right.  I forgot to explain that my reasonning involves a not
so clear position. Given hat I believe my line of argument still is valid.
fernando



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