Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:43:57 10/05/02
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On October 05, 2002 at 11:44:24, Roy Eassa wrote: >On October 05, 2002 at 03:48:38, Graham Laight wrote: > >>If Kramnik can obtain a draw this easily with black, then the Fritz team need to >>do something. >> >>But what can they do? >> >>I assume they'll be able to change the first few moves of the opening to avoid >>an exact repetition of yesterday's game - but I think that that's the limit. >> >>I assume that they're not allowed to alter the evaluation in any way. >> >>It's difficult to see how Fritz can avoid losing now, unfortunately. >> >>-g > > >There are 7 more games; it's way too early to say much. Top GMs lose to >computers almost exclusively due to one of these two things: > >1) Going against better judgement and taking risks, or > >2) Suffering a human lapse in focus (i.e., blundering tactically) > >Almost never do you see a top GM lose to a computer because the computer >outplayed the GM positionally. > >Likewise, almost never do you see a top computer lose to a human due to being >out-calculated in a complex tactical position. The computer will lose due to >already-recognized weaknesses that pretty much all chess programs suffer. About the only reason I'm STILL interested in and following computer chess is precisely because I'm waiting for all this to change! It's taking a long time, and It's not important enough to prepare (educationally) my children, or children's children for the great future developements which I might not be worthy of witnessing in my lifetime! S.Taylor
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