Author: Mark Young
Date: 20:57:26 07/17/98
Go up one level in this thread
On July 17, 1998 at 20:27:55, Don Dailey wrote: >On July 17, 1998 at 19:48:20, Mark Young wrote: > >>On July 16, 1998 at 22:21:28, Joe McCarron wrote: >> >>>On July 15, 1998 at 11:27:58, blass uri wrote: >>> >>>>do computer programs play in correspondence chess against humans >>>>and if yes I have 2 questions: >>>>1)what is the international rating? >>>>2)do their opponents know they play against a computer? >>>> >>>>I am sure computers have no chance against good players >>>>but they are many correspondence players who do not use a computer >>>>because they feel it is unethical. >>>> >>>>I know that in many correspondence games >>>>weak players do tactical mistakes because they do not use a computer. >>>> >>>>Uri >>>I once read that humans have the best chance against computers at roughly over >>>the board tournament time controls. But I would also be interested in finding >>>out how computers do in coorespondance as I would also think humans do better. >> >> >>Computers get crushed pretty badly playing strong players at correspondence >>chess. If I remember right IM Mike Valvo played (DT) in a 2 game match at >>correspondece chess. Mike crushed it even though DT was thinking many hours per >>move, and hitting 30 plies in its search. I remember reading how shocked the >>programmers were at how badly the program lost. Even if Deep Blue was playing I >>think the results would have been the same. This shows how much more room there >>is left to improve programs. > >This illustrates why I think not only computers but humans have a >long way to go, or why they have a lot of improvement left. I think >correspondence is a whole new level of chess, something of much >greater quality than 40/2. I would be willing to bet that there are >several hundred points of improvement left before you could say it's >not possible to play any better. > > >- Don Don do you remember this match? I have not been able to find the games. If you have the games please post them. I can not find them. Im pretty sure it was IM Mike valvo who played DT.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.