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Chess variants (10x8)

Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as
Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too

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- information about upcoming tournaments
- disussion of games (please limit this to completed games or discussion on how a game has arrived at a certain position
... speculation on who has an advantage or the benefits of potential moves is not permitted while that particular game is in progress)
- links to interesting related sites (non-promotional)

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5. august 2004, 17:08:08

Grim Reaper

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I think people believe computers are infallible. This is far from the case. I think I am the only person to have defeated a World Champion calliber program in chess and checkers.

Programs do have weaknesses!

I am wondering if anyone is aware that International Master Mike Valvo played Deep Thought in a correspondence chess game and won! Deep Thought had 3 days to make each move. At times it could search 34 plies ahead (17 moves for each side to move).

And how did Valvo win? With a piece sacrifice!

Look at this game:

Deep Thought vs. Valvo and just try and grasp the complexity in the King's Gambit game.

Computers are strong at tactics, but not at strategy. Grandmaster Savielly Tartakower had a great quote:

Tactics is what you do when you have something to do. Strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.

And therein lies the weakness of programs.