Author: Martin Schubert
Date: 02:55:24 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 05:26:27, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On May 08, 2000 at 05:16:21, blass uri wrote: > >>On May 08, 2000 at 05:12:51, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >> >>>On May 08, 2000 at 03:38:07, CLiebert wrote: >>> >>>>On May 08, 2000 at 01:38:11, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>"Fritz will not have access to its endgame modules" >>>>> >>>>>What is this meaning?? Fritz is not playing with full strength!! Pity... >>>>> >>>>>Jouni >>>> >>>> >>>>Humans havn´t acess to endgame bases too. >>>>Equal chances. >>>>Thats the reason for this I assume. >>>>But if this is the reason fritz shouldn´t use his powerbooks too?! >>>>It´s the same matter and seems to be consequent under these considerations. >>>>But may be the book access is accepted as an essential part of a chess >>>>program today. Question of definition ... >>>> >>>>Christian >>> >>>Neither do humans have an opening book available. So, Fritz should start without >>>book. >> >>I agree that the demand not to use tablebases is not fair but the comparison >>here is wrong. >> >>Humans remember openings but they do not remember tablebases of distance to >>mate. > >Exactly! And don't forget that humans get tired, while computers don't, so let's >unplug them every now and then. And what about this indecent crushing of one >million positions per second? Anything faster than a Z80 must be prohibited. >Fair is fair! > >Come on, Uri. Computers and humans should both play at their best, and this >includes tablebases. Anything else is artificial and distorted. > I think, it's not fair to give the computers access to the whole opening theory, endgame theory, that humans doesn't have. Martin Schubert >Enrique > >>Uri
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