Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:20:27 06/10/99
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On June 10, 1999 at 17:14:33, blass uri wrote: > >On June 10, 1999 at 16:44:13, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On June 10, 1999 at 16:26:41, blass uri wrote: >> >>> >>>On June 10, 1999 at 15:24:02, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >>> >>>>Can today's best chess engines become significantly more powerful through >>>>software improvements alone, or have we reached the point where hardware >>>>improvements are necessary to make that next BIG step? >>> >>>They can become significantly better. >>> >>>The program of today are stupid programs and most of the time calculate >>>illogical lines. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Most of the lines I calculate OTB are illogical too. ;-) >> >>Dave > >I agree about it but the point is that they calculate lines that it is illogical >to calculate(and not only illogical to play). > >I see that chessmaster6000 sometimes search for a long time lines that it is >illogical to calculate because it has no good rules which lines to calculate. > >I cannot see the thinking line of most of the programs but I guess that they >also do similiar things. > >Uri Hello Uri, Most of the time I agree with you. Sometimes you are way out in left field. This is one of the left field days in my opinion. The programs are calculating perfectly logical lines according to what the programmers told them is logical. I have watched Fritz calculate 12 plies full width and 36 plies selective in a game/30 time frame. At this time control it plays better than 99.99% of all humans. Until you can do this I suggest you accept the fact that Fritz /Junior/Chessmaster/Hiarcs etc. are not as "Stupid" as you like to say they are. Just because they are not perfect is no reason to label them stupid. They are not Grandmasters over the Board or at Correspondence yet but it's only a matter of time. Even the Grandmasters acknowledge their special abilities and at the same time try to take advantage of their deficiencies (Not always successfully). If anything they point out the obvious fact that there is more than one way to win a game. Jim Walker
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