And what tells you that a "random board" must reflect a legal chess position? ----- Original Message ----- From: "sander hendrickx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] bld video
> 1) 3 kings isn't a random chess position... it's an > impossible/illegal chess position > 2) weird legal things aren't that hard to come up > with, but are hard to memorize because they don't make > sense. for example let's say I can take your queen > with my bisschop, instead I put my knight in front of > your rook... it's a legal move, but it doesn't make > sense (and thus let's call it random), so it's much > harder to memorize... > > just my 2 cents, euro's, whatever > sander > > --- Rune Wesström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you mean by a "random" board? A board with > > e.g. three kings and five bishops on it? In other > > case I can´t agree with you. Take e.g. some curious > > problem "mate in 3 moves" with 20 pieces on the > > board. Don´t you think a chess master would catch > > this position in less than, say 20 seconds? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] bld video > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > Lars Petrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see any reason why people couldn't, with > > a lot of talent and > > > > years of dedicated practice, do the same thing > > with a 3x3x3. It > > > > doesn't hold more information than a face or a > > chess position. > > > > > > Um... I disagree. What you mentioned, that chess > > players can memorize > > > a chess situation very quickly, that's only for > > *real* chess > > > situations coming from a *real* game that makes > > sense. If you give > > > them *random* boards they're not any better than > > other people (oh > > > well, probably better than the dumbo on the street > > who doesn't even > > > know what chess is). But in blindsolving we're > > dealing with *random* > > > cubes, so that's not comparable to chess masters > > memorizing a > > > meaningful chess situation. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
