Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:18:03 07/12/00
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On July 12, 2000 at 23:53:10, Victor Valenzia wrote: >How do you think that today’s best players would fare if they did NOT know that >they were playing against a computer? Suppose, for the sake of argument, they >were only told that they were playing against a very formidable opponent. >Let’s take a top program on super hardware (i.e. Deep Junior in Dortmund). The >operator would somehow have the moves transmitted to him, perhaps by a tiny >earpiece. Without the “anti-computer” strategy, how do you think that the top >players in the world would fare in this scenario? What do you think the >hardware’s ELO would be in this case? > >Let’s take it a step further. Suppose we could take our super hardware back in >time and pit it against Fischer, Alekhine, and Capablanca, all of whom had no >experience playing against computers? What do you think the results would be? >I might be wrong, but my opinion is that the computer would defeat most of the >great players from the past. What do you think? We could ask the same question of any opponent. Suppose that Karpov does not know he's playing Anand -- only some other player behind a black curtain. Will he choose the same moves? I doubt it. I am sure that the best players prepare well for each and every opponent they face. They would be silly not to. Everyone has favorite openings, greatest strengths, and greatest weaknesses.
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