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Subject: Re: What if these IGM's did NOT know they were playing against a computer?

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 10:05:25 07/13/00

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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?

A reasonable assumption would be that the computer program would perform better,
unless the human opponent is experienced when it comes to playing against
programs and somehow recognizes the playing style. But it's not very important,
because the scenario is implausable (Who should the player with the earpiece
be?).

I have a question of my own. Would a computer have a significant advantage
playing blindfold chess? ;o))

Best wishes...
Mogens



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