Author: Shaun Graham
Date: 15:46:53 07/14/98
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On July 14, 1998 at 17:28:23, Bruce Moreland wrote: >I think the argument that a computer is a GM as long as it can play from behind >a black curtain is awful. That is not the arguement. The arguement is simply that to test accurately how a computer program(Fritz) would perform against standard play in a tournament(swiss), for SCIENTIFICLY acceptable data you would need to remove the bias, and that bias requires that the opponent not know he/she is playing a computer. The Hypothesis, is that indeed a program such as fritz would perform extremely well. > >Even in a weekend Swiss, where you might not know everyone, you at least know >that they are human and what their approximate strength is (their rating). > That's when you are not provisionally rated, a program entering a rated tournament for the first time would be provisional. We are not talking about making his opponent feel happy, we are not even advocating the experiment take place. We are simply discussing what it would take to demonstrate the strength of a program against standard play. If you are interested in how a program plays competitively, well that's fine, A program such as fritz can not be a GM competitively for the reason, that more can be known about it than what can be known about regular opponents, and it has not the ability to be flexible and deal with "anti-computer chess". However if the question is "When i buy a program to better develop my regular chess(as opposed to anti-computer chess) will that program perform like a grandmaster against my standard chess?" Thus the point is to find out is Fritz GM strength(2400-2500+ELO) against standard chess play. >bruce
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