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Date: 12 Oct 2008 20:13:17
From: greg
Subject: what makes a computer play bad moves?
I was playing against a computer program and it was playing good and
then all of a sudden it plays a bad move when there are better moves.
why does it do this?




 
Date: 16 Oct 2008 15:59:18
From: Bob Campbell
Subject: Re: what makes a computer play bad moves?
"greg" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:2e9bc7af-25fa-4aaa-b895-f69717b469dd@k16g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I was playing against a computer program and it was playing good and
> then all of a sudden it plays a bad move when there are better moves.
> why does it do this?


The program was written by Sanny?



 
Date: 15 Oct 2008 11:24:28
From: chessplayer
Subject: Re: what makes a computer play bad moves?
On Oct 13, 8:13=A0am, greg <[email protected] > wrote:
> I was playing against a computer program and it was playing good and
> then all of a sudden it plays a bad move when there are better moves.
> why does it do this?

If you are playing on lets say chessmaster it is actually programmed
to make mistakes when you play the players who are lesser rated. If
the computer plays perfect moves all the time you can never beat it.
Forget you, even a supergrandmaster cannot beat it. At best you can
draw with the computer who plays the perfect moves every time.


  
Date: 16 Oct 2008 12:42:26
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: what makes a computer play bad moves?
chessplayer <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 13, 8:13=A0am, greg <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I was playing against a computer program and it was playing good
>> and then all of a sudden it plays a bad move when there are better
>> moves. why does it do this?
>
> If you are playing on lets say chessmaster it is actually programmed
> to make mistakes when you play the players who are lesser rated. If
> the computer plays perfect moves all the time you can never beat it.
> Forget you, even a supergrandmaster cannot beat it. At best you can
> draw with the computer who plays the perfect moves every time.

Speculation. We don't know what `perfect moves' are. If chess is a
forced win for white then it is possible to beat a computer that's
playing black, whatever moves it plays.


Dave.

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From: Martin Brown
Subject: Re: what makes a computer play bad moves?