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Subject: Re: Can anyone here beat the "best" prog in 40/120

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 07:09:35 11/08/01

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On November 08, 2001 at 10:04:32, Christopher R. Dorr wrote:

>1. Of *course* a GM would play anti-comp. Only his 'anti-comp' stuff might be
>different from *your* anti-comp stuff. You think that Kasparov wouldn't play
>'anti-Anand' stuff that is tailored to Anand? Of course he would. Just as he
>would play 'Anti-Fritz' stuff when playing Fritz.
>
>2. Sure there is a point. if I can make the computer play like a 2000, then the
>computer is *not* a GM. Do you think there is *any* way I could make Kramnik
>look like a 2000? If the point is to evaluate the computer *as an opponent*,
>then the weaknesses of that opponent are fair game.
>
>3. Maybe, but then the result is meaningless. Just as meaningless as asking 'Is
>anyone here capable of playing a King's Gambit and sacrificing a full piece to
>mate toe computer's black king on h8?' and then trying to extrapolate that
>information to something else.
>
>The simple issue is 'Can anybody here beat the 'best' program on a 1 GHz box at
>40/2?' Any other limitations artifically weaken the human, and make the test
>meaningless.
>
>Chris
>
You missed the point: play the comp like you would anyone else!

Regards
Jonas



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