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Subject: Re: do you know of any other deep blue moves that i can test

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 16:51:16 09/10/01

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On September 10, 2001 at 19:48:54, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On September 10, 2001 at 14:11:42, Janosch Zwerensky wrote:
>
>>> Last
>>>time I checked, programmers ask GM's if the moves are correct, not the GM's ask
>>>the computers!
>>
>>GM Kramnik has openly stated that he "bought a very powerful computer" to help
>>him prepare for his match against GM Kasparov. He wouldn't have done so hadn't
>>he thought that the machine could possibly answer at least some questions for
>>him...
>>
>>
>>>All these games that Eduard wins against these engines,
>>
>>Eduard doesn't publish his losses, and he has openly said that he is watching
>>the eval of his opponents during his games, a behaviour which is known to boost
>>human strength of play by quite a noticeable amount.
>>I remember that one player who lived in the nineteenth century in on record with
>>having had an overwhelmingly positive score against Anderssen, but who has never
>>been heard of as a serious contender for the position of strongest player in the
>>world. The secret is, he also didn't publish his losses...
>>
>>>I am going to believe a GM (especially a super-gm) over a computer, even after
>>>the computer looks at it for 100 hours, and the GM looks at it for 1 minute.
>>
>>Comes down to the position. In endgames with fewer than six pieces, I'm going to
>>trust my computer more than the GM even if the former has looked at the position
>>in question for merely a millisecond, while the latter has spent his life
>>analysing that ending...
>>
>>Regards,
>>Janosch.
>
>
>Read the thread please before responding....I know it's a TROJAN!
>
>Two I didn't see it under that name but am now aware of it, Back Door G. 1999.
>
>Three, Virus protection like Norton's protects against trojans IE Malicious
>Programmes!
>
>Sigh...don't people read the follow ups?
>
>Terry


Opps wrong person!! Sigh...



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