Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 00:33:28 11/16/03
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On November 15, 2003 at 16:46:44, steven blincoe wrote:
>that i am actually looking forward to game 3 tomorrow
>perhaps this will mark the end of the Kasparov era..
>he is no longer the human World Champion and hopefully with a loss tomorrow or
>in the fourth and final game,he will no longer be the one representing the
>human race against the silicon monster
>
>even though i have been calling,nay,begging, for any other Super GM to play
>Fritz for quite some time now..i think the rest of the chess world,and certainly
>the pundits who grace these pages will agree,that Kasparov should no longer be
>the "Automatic " choice to play Fritz
>
>lets the game begin!!
>
>Steve
>
>PS..and i am also expecting him to burst out into quite a tantrum if he does
>lose tomorrow
>some thing to the effect of..."i dont like the 3d glasses..waa.waa!"
>OR
>"everyone os cheating!!"
Everything can happen: we can only speculate about
the outcome in this [much too] short match. It is
my hope that the computer program will loose. Not
because of Kasparov but due to the fact that the
best programs do still play a lot of dubious moves.
Their chess understanding is not more than 2100
Elo, their tactical skill however 3400 Elo and this
is sufficient to beat all humans who try to fight
the silicon monsters with tactical means. And in this
respect, Kasparov is a good opponent for computers.
I admire his dynamic style and his courage to play
in the same way vs computers, but this may be too
dangerous today even for the best chess player of
all times. If on the other hand humans would follow some rules:
1) never try to play for a win in even slightly better positions
2) avoid to get in time trouble
3) no opening experiments, sound, cautious but not passive set up
4) exchange of pieces whenever possible without weakening the position
in particular the queens
5) playing a "do-nothing-but-do-it-well-strategy"
6) no games under time control 40'/40, better higher
then it will even for a 2000 Elo-player be possible to get a lot
of draws and high rated players would hardly ever lose a single
game. And as a result of this, the Elo rating of the best programs
would be 2200-2300 instead of 2800.
Kurt
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