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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by aurareturn on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:39AM (#50351288)
Human brain can do calculations in the back of their head without realizing it. Verbalizing does not mean it's all they thought about.
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by jstanley on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:42AM (#50351323)
But it does mean they thought about at least as much as they verbalised.
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by regularfry on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:19AM (#50351629)
Slightly difficult to disentangle is that they might be using the verbalisation as a way to explore depth, rubber-duck style, in a way that they wouldn't over the board.
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by 1718627440 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:08AM (#50352185)
But you can still verbalize without saying the result of it. But yeah, it's still a question whether they would do so, but I think they do.
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