Author: Mark Young
Date: 13:35:28 07/16/01
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On July 16, 2001 at 16:30:08, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 16, 2001 at 15:57:01, Mark Young wrote: >[snip] >>I’m confused, the way everyone is talking, it sounds like DeepFritz is the >>favorite to win this match. I hear how nice the 2600+ Grandmaster played and >>defended against the computer. >> >>I thought a prepared Grandmaster from what I have read here at CCC would have no >>trouble beating a top chess program. Against a prepared human I read here by the >>experts the program will play like a weak 2100-2200 player. > >Can you provide a reference message for this claim, or did you simply make it >up? Dann I'm shocked, are you calling me a liar if I don't provide a reference message? :) To make you happy Dann, as I know no one else saw this posted:) I did make it up. Certainly preparation is going to help, but not in such a devastating way >unless a serious flaw is discovered. > >And (in addition) a 2100-2200 player is by no means weak. Probably, >he/she/they/it will beat 90% of the players in the world. > >>Who is the favorite in the match DeepFritz or GM Huebner? > >Based upon what we have seen so far, I think it will be about even, or perhaps a >slight edge to Huebner. But there are a lot of variables. Perhaps Huebner eats >some bad tuna. Perhaps a serious flaw is discovered in the computer program >(e.g. a certain pattern can defeat it again and again). Perhaps a serious flaw >is found in Huebner's approach where *he* can be beaten again and again >(unlikely, but not inconceivable). > >At any rate, it is cetainly a very interesting match.
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