Re: brute force and knowledge

[Jan Ramon <Jan.Ramon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> It's grossly unfair to compare a PC to a child since the child has so vastly
> more processing capability.  Around 2020 PC's will reach human levels of
> processing power.  The fact that alpha-beta works well on 7x7 boards is
> a huge encouragement to the "simple, dumb and lots of it" school of
> thought.
> 
have you references to "alpha-beta works well on 7x7 boards"? 
what evaluation function is used then?
have you references to papers/www pages/...?

thanks,

jan