Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:05:37 01/19/06
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On January 19, 2006 at 09:49:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>On January 19, 2006 at 09:41:39, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On January 19, 2006 at 09:01:07, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>
>>>On January 19, 2006 at 08:45:23, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>
>>>>>I think that if a program doesn't know not to repeat a losing line
>>>>>then it deserves it's fate.
>>>>
>>>>There's only one problem: it isn't the engine's fault.
>>>>
>>>
>>>You mean it's not the fault of the engine if it makes a decisive fault in a
>>>chess game? I think this is a simple wordplay but it has no real value as a
>>>verdict.
>>
>>The choice of openings is not made by the engine, but by the book used and the
>>parameters chosen in the program (such as the Fritz interface, Arena, etc.). The
>>engine makes no opening choice of any kind. So this huge repetition of openings
>>is not Rybka's choice/fault but the fault of the openings settings used. Rybka
>>just played the openings it was told to. It had no choice in the matter when it
>>was told to play the same opening 31 times.
>>
>> Albert
>
>
>All agreed but why did it play the losing line if it's otherware is so strong?
>We always touch the same point as last year, as every year in CC. I always said
>that the pretended strength is a myth. These engines are not strong like our
>super GM.
First of all, being strong doesn't mean it is unbeatable. GMs win and lose, and
even the World Champion. The argument as to comparing a top engine with a top GM
is old and pretty pointless. The engines perform at a 2600+ level, but somehow
this makes people think that since the 2600+ are all GMs and we know what to
expect from a GM, the engines must also play like them. They don't. They have
their strengths and weaknesses, and when matched against GMs they perform 2600+.
The arguments on GMs getting tired, or only losing because of a tactical mistake
are pointless, and sound like the whining I hear at my chess club when a player
who was 'completely winning' loses a game.
As to the opening, my objection (and you've changed the subject here) was that
the results were shown as a comparison of strength between H10 with special
settings against Rybka, and in the circumstances presented, I don't think one
could draw any such conclusions.
What if I were to instead choose an opening where Hiarcs 10 lost badly to Rybka
and had them play THAT opening 31 times instead? Would this then be proof that
Rybka was far superior? No, of course not.
Albert
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