Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 09:13:59 12/15/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 12:05:52, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On December 15, 1999 at 11:44:52, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>Take the following position and setup on your PC: >> >>4b3/1r4k1/p3pr2/1p1pPp2/PPpP1Pp1/2P3Pp/K6P/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>Every human would play 1.a5 without thinking, but your chessprogram plays >>1.exf6+??? It may be wrong to call a program stupid but..... >> >>Torstein >> >>( So far I have only tried it on Fritz 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 ) > >Torstein, > >you are pushing the cart before the horse. Making hasty generalizations, etc. >Not all programs would capture the Rook. I've had time to try only Zarkov 4.30 >(an awesome program, by the way) and it says, after only a couple of seconds, >that 1.a5!! is the best move. I kept it on for several minutes and 1.a5 is >still its PV. There must be some other programs that are just like Zarkov :)) > >The position that you picked out is the standard AI demonstration about AI >stupidity (oxymoron, ain't it?), but it won't hold water for long. Think >positively, please. > >Djordje Its still sort of interesting that most programs need a lot of time to "evaluate" this position. They obviously, and probably rightly so in most other positions, gives a material a high evaluation. ...and by the way, I think it will hold water for a while still. Torstein
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