Author: Andreas Stabel
Date: 06:49:17 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 09:46:41, Jon Dart wrote: >On June 08, 1999 at 09:30:11, Andreas Stabel wrote: > >> I'm not the worlds best chess player (ANST rated 1200-1300 on FICS), but I >>thought I knew something at least... >> But now everything has changed. I have LOST the two last games I played >>against it !!! (see PGN at the end) >> This shouldn't be possible. The program plays like an idiot. It just >>pushes pawns whenever possible and messes up it's king safety and the >>positions looks terrible for the machine but still it WINS :( > >This is not so surprising. Even a 3-4 ply searcher can play at a class >C or D level. Even a dumb program knows that winning material is good, >and can find non-obvious ways to accomplish that. It also won't fall for >really obvious traps or threats. > >Class C or below players (of which I am one) lose to "shallow" (1, 2 or >3 move) tactics pretty often. If you can get your tactical abilities >up to the level where this isn't happening to you, then your rating >(and your score against this computer) will certainly climb. > >--Jon Thanks for the comfort. Badly needed :) Regards Andreas
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