Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:21:51 07/13/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 15:19:12, Shaun Graham wrote: > >> >>Please play in a few big tournaments first. Once it became known that the >>program is playing, *everyone* will know from that point forward, and things >>will go sour. It's happened to every computer that has ever participated in >>many events. They start out with a bang, but once they became "known" and the >>players start exchanging info, the result is inevitable... >> > > >It doesn't matter if people find out, and start beating fritz! The point would >have been made, that when playing against the normal standard of grandmaster >chess Fritz is comparable with those players. That is the ultimate point and >purpose. We have computer chess so that we can see a high level of chess, and >also so that we can learn how to play typical chess(good chess), not anti >computer chess(bad chess). Now of course i'm not advocating that anyone should >purpotrate a hoax. What i'm suggesting is the likelyhood that Fritz is GM >strength when it comes to what's important "typical chess". When i described >the method of secrecy to test it, i was not advocating anyone do it, i was just >stating what would have to be done. There is often a difference between what >you have to do to qaulify for what you call ethics, and what you have to do to >get an accurate scientific result. All you are showing is that I have a lot better idea what a GM chess player is about than you do. Fritz is *not* one. It has positional weaknesses that even 2200 players can beat. Talk to Tim on ICC. I've watched him bust it many times. *no* GM gets beat by a 2200 player, ever. Unless it is a simul, or the rare blitz game. >>>> >>>>I know Michael, and you are correct. He is stronger then some GM's.
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