Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 02:04:42 10/22/99
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On October 21, 1999 at 23:01:15, Laurence Chen wrote: >This does not surprise me at all. I've seen this happens with other engines as >well. I don't think it is fair to pick on Fritz and accuse it that it's stupid >in analysis or it's very dumb, but the user behind it. It's like the old >saying, the blind leads the blind and they both fall off into the ditch. >Therefore, this is a warning sign to all users who relies solely and takes any >computer chess analysis as the ULTIMATE truth. I personally never take any chess >analysis to its face value, I always play another move, or another ply and see >if the evaluation changes dramatically. If it remains the same, then I know that >the assessment is correct, if it changes dramatically, then it's because of the >horizon effect which all chess engines suffer, and I would then conclude that >the chess engine is off in its evaluation. To someone new to chess engine this >may be a new revelation. Therefore the moral is one should never trust any >analysis of chess engines without further investigation. >Laurence When i have a car and it says there is enough fuel in the tank, i will NOT drive to a petrol-station. If this makes me suddenly stand without fuel .... i call this a shit car. and will bring it to a garage to repair it. I know enough programs who don't change the evaulation in such positions. i better use THESE programs. and call the others dump.
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