Re: 1st Season Terminator TSCC - Queen's Gambit - 5 star poll - SPOILERS

William George Ferguson wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:10:06 -0600, James Squire
<JamesSquire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>> George Avalos wrote:
>>> "Queen's Gambit"
>>> 2-11-08 T:TSCC
>>>
>>> 5 stars (Slav)
>>>
>>> 0-1 stars (Marshall)
>>>
>>> -George 
>>>
>>>
>> I give it 4 out of 5.
>>
>> I like this show so far, but a tiny nit to pick: "Zugswang" doesn't
mean 
>> anything like what John Connor said it meant.  If writers are going to 
>> use sophisticated terminology, they should do their homework and use it

>> correctly, especially since the term is not unique to chess.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang
> 
> That was the Only thing that bothered you about the chess stuff?  Maybe
I'm
> old fay****oned, but since when do even competent human competitors have
to
> carry the game all the way to checkmate (and a computer program that
can't
> see inevitable mate at least two moves away isn't competitive with top
> human players).  And a computer program falling for a queen sacrifice
that
> leads to mate in two?  Not overlooking immediate stuff is what computer
> programs do best.

Well I didn't say it was the only thing, but yeah, now that you mention 
it, that was kind of strange as well.  However, the word zugzwang was 
simply used wrongly -- a different kind of annoyance.

Actually, what you describe was "unbelievable".  What I described was 
"false".  Slight difference, but your point is taken.
-- 
Jim Squire
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