Don't the likes of Kasparov use strategy to beat the number crunchers though? How about a series of parallel strategies rather than simply crunching all moves and then assessing the best of the strategies. That is imitating a number of lesser players pitted against a better player - could the world #2 and #3 beat the world #1 (if not then probably no mileage¹ in this technique).<p>---<p>¹ Kilometrage?