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mclane wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:51 pm Yes. It’s a new paradigm.
And like usual, the mass is not seeing the diamonds in front of them.

corres wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:23 am

Dann Corbit wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:29 am All the same, there is a point of interest here.
We do not onlly wish to understand the result.
We wish (perhaps even more so) to understand the path to the result.
Most of the time, I know by statistics which move is best for a given position. So when I analyze it, I do not care about what but instead why.

I agree but the statistics may change sometimes drastically when a variation was subverted.

Dann Corbit wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:48 am

corres wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:23 am

Dann Corbit wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:29 am All the same, there is a point of interest here.
We do not onlly wish to understand the result.
We wish (perhaps even more so) to understand the path to the result.
Most of the time, I know by statistics which move is best for a given position. So when I analyze it, I do not care about what but instead why.

I agree but the statistics may change sometimes drastically when a variation was subverted.

Until game outcome is determined everything is a guess (estimate/extrapolation/approximation).

Ovyron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:59 am I think that falls outside of the scope of this thread (where I've been claiming you should focus on the relevant chess lines instead of generic chess lines, so if it's "not played as often in engine tournaments" that means the line is generic), but, sure, I'll see what I can do about those lines and we can discuss them in a new thread that I'll create.

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pm

Ovyron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:59 am I think that falls outside of the scope of this thread (where I've been claiming you should focus on the relevant chess lines instead of generic chess lines, so if it's "not played as often in engine tournaments" that means the line is generic), but, sure, I'll see what I can do about those lines and we can discuss them in a new thread that I'll create.

Fair enough. Indeed it is important to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your opponents.

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pmAnd if you are a computer playing against other computers, in the Italian, I guess if you want to score well with black

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pmyou goad your opponents into playing a Bg5 Giuoco.

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pm That's not all you do, and humans playing humans should do different things because their own strengths and weaknesses are different

Ovyron wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:50 am

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pm

Ovyron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:59 am I think that falls outside of the scope of this thread (where I've been claiming you should focus on the relevant chess lines instead of generic chess lines, so if it's "not played as often in engine tournaments" that means the line is generic), but, sure, I'll see what I can do about those lines and we can discuss them in a new thread that I'll create.

Fair enough. Indeed it is important to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your opponents.

Sorry. okay, no.

While my backsolved tree graph has a score that is positive for the black side after Ng5, it turns out to be an obscure line, and in practice people don't know how to play against the Traxler... So no way I'm going to put it out in the open so the playing field is leveled, not if my only chance to contend against faster hardware and NNs (I can't run GPU Leela and CPU Leela is cute but hilarious) is powerful uncorked lines, and specially, the person that gave me my private book made me promise that I'd not share it with anyone (they were so worried, they checked back to make sure I understood the implications), so what's the difference if I just go and divulge these lines in public?

But, yes, I'll be contending with the Traxler, because, as it turns out, it's a good variation to play both with white and black, because engines misplay the black side.

I'm copping out.

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pmAnd if you are a computer playing against other computers, in the Italian, I guess if you want to score well with black

I don't want to score well with black, because I already score well with black. I eat my cake and have it too

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pmyou goad your opponents into playing a Bg5 Giuoco.

A critical line has Bg5, which means it's white's best try (specially against opponents that don't know black's critical continuation) so that other white alternatives do worse. That's why I believe this has nothing to do with how engines misplay a side, but about equal opponents that know the lines being better avoiding it all as white (1.d4 has a similar line, that's why some people just play 1.c4).

todd wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:17 pm That's not all you do, and humans playing humans should do different things because their own strengths and weaknesses are different

I doubt a human would ever want to play optimal black's defense in the Italian, Stockfish gives +0.50 advantage to white for a reason, it's very difficult for even top engines on fastest hardware to find the correct continuation for black, humans would just be... busted.

Uri Blass wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:04 ama human does not need to find the moves assuming all is home preperation so I believe 2700+ players are going to have motivation to learn the correct lines in order to win.

Ovyron wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:36 am

Uri Blass wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:04 ama human does not need to find the moves assuming all is home preperation so I believe 2700+ players are going to have motivation to learn the correct lines in order to win.

All this has been going on for more than a decade, for example, back when Freestyle chess was popular, those players were corking the most powerful opening lines that were seen at that point in history. People were going insane building strong clusters to run Rybka and derivatives that were stronger than it in some lines, looking for anything that would give them the edge against the competition.

What was absent was a GM looking at this, or caring (what was there were very strong human players where their chess knowledge was useless against the strongest centaurs, which was in part responsible for freestyle's death as it was won by the unknowns). The humans had their own preparation and it has nothing to do with what is best on corr chess, freestyle chess, or engine matches. Now and then the GMs will play a variation that appeared previously on some famous engine game, but this is rare.

The difference in strength is so enormous between engines and humans, that the best possible moves engines can play are useless to them, just like 1600 elo patzers would find useless to memorize and play GM lines like parrots just to lose because they didn't notice their Bishop was hanging on the next move.

Ovyron wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:50 am is powerful uncorked lines, and specially, the person that gave me my private book made me promise that I'd not share it with anyone (they were so worried, they checked back to make sure I understood the implications), so what's the difference if I just go and divulge these lines in public?

But, yes, I'll be contending with the Traxler, because, as it turns out, it's a good variation to play both with white and black, because engines misplay the black side.

I'm copping out.

Uri Blass wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 10:33 am Winning a pawn increase significantly my chances to win against other human opponents.

zullil wrote:Common sense tells us that 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 is a draw with correct play.