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From: kinman@garfield.UUCP (Kinman Tam)
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Re: Can computers ever play world-caliber chess?
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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 22:06:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 22:06:45 1984
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There has been quite a bit of work done on endgames for computer chess
recently.  Endgames allow more controlled experimentation than the
middlegame.  More importantly, the endgame has traditionally been the part
of chess that computers are the weakest at.  I was quite astounded when I
learned a few years ago about the difference in their caliber of play between
the middlegame and the endgame.  Computers could outplay 90% of non-tournament
chess players at the middlegame, but this figure dropped drastically for the
endgame.  I can't remember what the percentage for the endgame was, but it
was evident that there was definitely room for improvement.  Does anyone
have some up-to-date figures on this?


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				Kinman Tam
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