Author: blass uri
Date: 20:47:53 07/01/00
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On July 01, 2000 at 19:37:08, stuart taylor wrote: >On July 01, 2000 at 11:03:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>On July 01, 2000 at 03:57:00, Jerry Adams wrote: >> >>> >>> The Best Software on the best machines are not playing grandmanster level >>>chess. Or should I say that Rebel century is an exception? Generally Software >>>Programs in my opinion are not demonstrationing grandmaster results? I mean at >>>40\2hrs or am I mistaken? >> >>Mr. Adams, >> >>I think that a Dr. Hyatt is pretty competent to make that assertion. He has >>been doing this computer chess programming for over a quarter of a century. He >>also knows about grandmaster level play. The machines just don't have a clue in >>complex positions. They will get better. In five to seven years we will have 12 >>teraflop home workstations and 8 man tablebase chess programs with the >>executable portions over 2 gigabytes in length. That should give the programs >>enough simulation sophistication. >> >>But who is in a hurry. I don't believe that the earth will end in 2012 AD. >> >> >> >> >>Tim Frohlick > >Who's in a hurry? >I, for sure. I only wanted a simple, but true strong GM in machine form, so I >can practise against and learn from it, and understand all the marvels of chess, >before I have to give up chess completely, as I have other things to spend my >time and interest on. But I'm just stranded in mid-air! > With books, you can't really check things out, and the authors are often >wrong, and GMs or even any humans are not always available, certainly not >according to my convenience. And software, while able to terrorize almost >anyone, still doesn't yet enlighten me in the ways that I'm seeking. >S.Taylor playing like a GM is not enough for what you want because a real GM can explain his(her) ideas not only in moves and a machine that knows only to play like a GM cannot do it. Uri
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