Post by Radrook Admin on Apr 25, 2024 18:02:37 GMT -5
Baffling Computer Suggestions
Most players today find it profitable to have their games evaluated by computers and find most of their suggestions helpful. However, some, including me, are baffled by these suggestions. Why? Well, because such suggestions require a deep insight into positional nuances which we humans rarely possess. Or else the player realizes that fully understanding the position would required so much time, that losing on time would become very probable.
No, I am not saying that all computer post-game suggestions are baffling. There are indeed many straightforward suggestions that can be easily grasped. Also, those that initially seem baffling, will very often yield their secrets if we patiently allow the computer to play the position against itself.
However, sometimes the computer makes suggests continuations in which we feel uncomfortable regardless of our efforts to appreciate them. Try as we might, we simply can't fathom how strapping ourselves with all the tactical dangers inherent in them is worth the tenuous evaluated advantage that it glibly recommends.
No, I am not saying that all computer post-game suggestions are baffling. There are indeed many straightforward suggestions that can be easily grasped. Also, those that initially seem baffling, will very often yield their secrets if we patiently allow the computer to play the position against itself.
However, sometimes the computer makes suggests continuations in which we feel uncomfortable regardless of our efforts to appreciate them. Try as we might, we simply can't fathom how strapping ourselves with all the tactical dangers inherent in them is worth the tenuous evaluated advantage that it glibly recommends.
This is perfectly understandable. After all, being a machine, the computer emotionlessly calculates the pros and the cons, and suffers absolutely no distracting worries concerning possible counterattacks because it has traced the possible tactical eventualities to their inevitable conclusions and sees absolutely no crucial no dangers.
In stark contrast, we feel uncomfortable in those double-edged complex tactical positions because our limited foresight causes many of those ramifications to remain menacingly unknown to us. It becomes similar to being asked to walk through a minefield where any miss step can prove a disaster or walking a tightrope over a precipice while blindfolded.
In stark contrast, we feel uncomfortable in those double-edged complex tactical positions because our limited foresight causes many of those ramifications to remain menacingly unknown to us. It becomes similar to being asked to walk through a minefield where any miss step can prove a disaster or walking a tightrope over a precipice while blindfolded.