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Article #16849Re: Chess; SN 30MAR96; OS of chess discovered; call for help for the most perfect long games that are draws (by grandmasters)
From: John DeMastri
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 00:00
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Well stated, JC! (I normally wouldn't reply just to say that, but, I'd hate to see AP's crap spread from sci.math and sci.physics) John J C wrote: > > Archimedes Plutonium wrote: > > > > <snip> > > You claim, outrageously to have conceived an OS for chess, and > yet your writings reveal an elementary misconception about > the relevant game theory. Suppose an OS existed in chess for white. > Then the OS would provide an opening move (e4 say). By > definition, all responses by black are equally bad: the OS > provides a response for white *no matter what black does*. If > you want to visualise an OS, it is as a subtree of the complete > game tree which contains all successors at odd levels, and a > unique successor at even levels. Again and again it is clear > from your "arguments" that you perceive an OS as a single branch > of the game tree. This is a simple, fundamental error on > your part, and gives the lie (not that it's needed) to your > preposterous claims. > > If it is your intention to gull people into believing that > there is the remotest merit or truth in your writings, then I > suggest that you try a lot harder. > > JC
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ffde,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ffde,public X-Google-Thread: 10cc56,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cc56,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 10b271,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-Thread: 1035ff,62491079615b571 X-Google-Attributes: gid1035ff,public From: John DeMastri <demastri@ils.nwu.edu> Subject: Re: Chess; SN 30MAR96; OS of chess discovered; call for help for the most perfect long games that are draws (by grandmasters) Date: 1997/04/11 Message-ID: <334E9A73.1046@ils.nwu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 232425136 References: <5ik3ul$9f4$1@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <334E0F40.167E@oyster.co.uk> Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University Reply-To: demastri@ils.nwu.edu Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.logic,sci.math,gnu.chess,rec.games.chess.analysis,alt.sci.physics.plutonium