Search would "never" have yielded the correct plan in this position. My guess is that IBM's DB would have found the correct plan, based not on its incredible lookahead search, but based on the "understanding" that the Grandmasters programed into it.
I am not certain, but I am pretty sure that DB blue's positional "understanding" far surpases any other program, then or now.
nitro
I am not certain, but I am pretty sure that DB blue's positional "understanding" far surpases any other program, then or now.
nitro
Quote from aphexcoil:
Do you think that the computer would have played better if it were able to have searched 25-30 ply or do you think the problem would have still existed because of the way the computer was programmed to search for moves? In other words, would thinking "deeper and further" ahead have made a difference or would a more efficient "do this, if that" method would have been more effective?