Anti-computer tactics

Anti-computer tactics is a style of play used by humans to beat strong computer opponents at various games, especially in board games such as chess and Arimaa. It involves playing conservatively for a long-term advantage that the computer is unable to find in its game tree search. This will frequently involve selecting moves that appear sub-optimal in the short term in order to exploit known weaknesses in the way computer players evaluate positions.

In chess

One example of the use of anti-computer tactics was Brains in Bahrain, an eight-game chess match between human chess grandmaster, and then World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik and the computer program Deep Fritz 7, held in October 2002. The match ended in a tie 4-4, with two wins for each participant and four draws.[1]

In the 1997 Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov match, Kasparov played an anti-computer tactic move at the start of the game to get Deep Blue out of its opening book.[2] Kasparov chose the unusual Mieses Opening and thought that the computer would play the opening poorly if it had to play itself rather than use its opening book.[3] Kasparov played similar anti-computer openings in the other games of the match but the tactic backfired.[4]

Anti-computer chess games

See also

References

  1. ↑ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Fritz Defends to Draw Game 8 and the Match! Final Score: 4-4
  2. ↑ Daily Chess Columns-All the News That's Fit to Mock. 3) Anti-computer chess. from chessbase.com
  3. ↑ Chess Life, Special Summer Issue 1997.
  4. ↑ How Much Longer Can Man Match the Computer? - The Fall of Man from chesscafe.com

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