Feb-19-15 notyetagm chessforum 
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sotimely: @Abdel Irada
"If your opponent has deployed his forces so as to make a certain move appear impossible, try to find a way to play it anyway; if you can make it work, you are almost certain to win." Isn't that the definition of positional play? To make your opponent do bad moves? |
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Nov-23-14 Petrosian vs Keres, 1953 
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sotimely: <beatgiant>
I don't understand, if the computer thinks the best line leads to a promotion they why would it go up "at the end", wouldn't it, upon finding this, make the whole line +9? I think I am missing something either about how computers evaluate or what you're saying. |
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Nov-23-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014) 
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sotimely: You guys are talking about accuracy, which is important, but none of these analyzers (that I know of) put a number on the human factor. When they start rating not just which lines are best but which are hardest for a human, that's when we need to start worrying. I suspect the teams |
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Nov-22-14 Lowenthal / Falkbeer / De Riviere vs Staunton / Wyvill / Capt. Kennedy, 1855
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sotimely: The common reply to this defense is c4. Computers choose several rarer moves over that. |
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Nov-22-14 Greco vs NN, 1620 
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sotimely: Wow, he ate my pawn for a Bishop. Must be my lucky day. He doesn't see my King can just take him right back! No sir, no reason to think about this a minute. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! I don't suppose this game would be very useful for "Guess the Move," seeing as only a ... |
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