Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:14:06 11/28/01
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Of course, you see the very same thing in computer verses computer games! Ever watched a big computer chess tournament, and all of a sudden a program discovers it is in drastic trouble because of some blind side in its eval? I have nothing but respect even for IM's. Sune Larssen posted a game here a while back: [Event "Sigeman & Co"] [Site "Malmoe SWE"] [Date "2001.06.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Berg, E."] [Black "Hector, J."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2546"] [ECO "C34"] [Opening "KGA"] [Variation "Schallop defence"] [EventDate "2001.06.12"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 d5 6. Bxf4 c5 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nb3 Bc5 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Qa7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. b4 Qxb4 15. Bc1 Nc6 16. Ba3 Qxa5 17. Bf8 Qc7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Ng5 f6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qh4 f5 24. g4 Qe6 25. Rfb1 Ra7 26. Rb6 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Ra5 Qg7 29. Re6+ Kd7 30. Rae5 Kc8 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kd7 33. Qd8+ Kc6 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Qb6+ Kc4 36. Qb3+ Kc5 37. Qb6+ Kc4 38. Qxa7 Qh6 39. Qxb7 Qe3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qxg4+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2 Tell me if you can find a computer that recognizes many of the brilliant moves of these IM's! More than comparing them against the computers (which is a *very differnt* sort of brilliancy) let's compare them against ourselves. I think of Come, the French kid who posts here some times. The guy has an absolutely brilliant eye for what to do. Sometimes, I play against someone weak or a really feeble program and feel like I'm pretty strong at the game. Then I play a truly powerful opponent and get humbled. The ability even of an IM is awe-inspiring, to me. The ability of a GM is frightening! The ability of a Super-GM is mind-blowing. To say, "Look! The computer found a stupid mistake!" does not mean that the GM played incorrectly. Sometimes, it really does not see the fault of that path. There is some analysis of the game above here: ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/game-of-the-week/ Worth a perusal, in my opinion.
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