Author: blass uri
Date: 07:12:13 04/27/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 09:26:58, Tom Likens wrote: >On April 26, 2000 at 17:39:38, Vincent Vega wrote: > >>Chess programs are GM-level now and they should be super GM-level in 3-4 years. >>It may be much harder to make improvements then because strong players' input >>will become less and less useful, databases of GM games could be a hindrance >>instead of help, and even-time games against GMs will be too one-sided to offer >>much help finding problems with the programs. Will the competition between >>programs be the only driving force for software improvements? Or will time >>handicap games versus humans become common? > >A large reason for the dramatic increase in computer chess has been the >fantastic increase in home computer processing power. Most of the best >programs are tactical monsters. But, it is highly doubtful if any program >has an evaluation anywhere near as sophisticated as the top Grandmasters. Impossible to compare because grandmasters do not think in the same way as computers. I think no GM thinks something like this: e4 gives me after analysis 0.27 pawns advantage and after analyzing d4 I found that it gives me 0.28 pawns advantage so I will play d4. > >And this is where IM/GM can make contributions for a long time to computer >chess. I don't believe it is any coincidence that after Joel Benjamin >joined the Deep Blue team it made an incredible leap in strength. Even >though Joel is nowhere near Kasparov's strength. I do not know if it made an incredible leap in strength thanks to better software or thanks to better hardware. Uri
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