Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:47:14 04/05/01
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On April 05, 2001 at 10:52:15, Graham Laight wrote: >On April 05, 2001 at 10:30:34, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On April 05, 2001 at 10:21:04, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On April 05, 2001 at 09:56:57, Graham Laight wrote: >>> >>>>I apologise if this has already been discussed and I missed it, but I spoke to >>>>GM Daniel King (author of "Kasparov V Deeper Blue") on Wednesday, and he told me >>>>that there was a real possibility that DB might be resurrected to play Kramnik. >>>>Do any of you guys know anything about this, please? >>> >>>I do not know but I think that there should be a competition for the computer >>>that is going to play against kramnik. >>> >>>People are not sure if Deeper blue is stronger than other programs at 2 hours/40 >>>moves. >>> >>>I suggest to invite the following participants: >>>1)Deep Fritz >>>2)Deep Junior >>>3)Tiger >>>4)Rebel >>>5)Dark thought >>>6)Crafty >>>7)Deep Shredder >>>8)Ferret >>>9)Gandalf >>>10)Deeper blue >>> >>>The winner of the tournament should play against one of the strongest player >>>that is not kramnik(Shirov or Anand or Kasparov are candidates) and only after >>>it wins the match if it wins it should play kramnik. >>> >>>Uri >> >>This is a good idea. This way, no doubt about the strongest program, and no >>doubt about results from playing human runner up and then Krammik if the >>computer is victorious. >> >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson > >Unfortunately, I disagree. > >1. The more requirements you add in to this prospective match, the less likely >that it will ever happen. > >2. The best computer at beating other computers is not necessarily the best >computer at beating humans. Look how well Crafty is doing against humans right >now with its anti-stonewall attack code. But for the WMCCC 2000, this code was >removed. The ICC games are usually faster than 120/40 and I suspect that at tournament time control things may be different. I do not like a code that is counter productive against computers because I believe that in this case it may be also counter productive against humans after they learn comp-comp games. I prefer to see the best program in comp-comp games plays against humans. Uri
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