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Subject: Re: J6 eliminats Illescas- What does Hyatt have to say?

Author: Alvaro Polo

Date: 23:42:16 02/13/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 18:05:01, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On February 13, 2000 at 17:42:24, Bradley Woodward wrote:
>
>>On February 13, 2000 at 16:55:12, John Kilkenny wrote:
>>
>>>like a regular GM(in other words play REGULAR chess), then YES THEY PLAY GM
>>>STRENGTH CHESS!  However once GMs learn their weaknesses they will be able to
>>>beat them".  A shocking admission by Hyatt, because the arguement has always
>>>been that Comps are GMs at regular chess play!  If GMs could learn the
>>>weaknesses of Kasparov and Kasparov had no way to adjust for each opponent.
>>
>>Why is it that some section of the computer chess community feel the urge to
>>turn every victory by a computer over a GM into an attack on Bob Hyatt?
>
>Bob's in a position he won't be able to defend forever, since hardware advances
>alone will eventually cause computers to score >50% against anybody.
>
>In the case of many arguments, you can argue one way today and the same way
>tomorrow, and you know you'll be as right tomorrow as you are today.  But you
>can't argue that the tide is out forever, eventually you will have to admit that
>it is in.  And this doesn't mean that you were wrong about it being out a while
>ago.
>
>I think that Bob has a different definition of "in" than many of you do.  But he
>obviously knows that the tide will come in eventually.
>
>The sad thing is that when he does decide that as far as he's concerned the tide
>is in, many people will declare victory, since for them the tide has been in
>forever.  But this is of course not true either.
>

It is sad, but I sure hope and believe that Bob is intelligent enough not to
start an argument with them, explaining the true facts, once they declare
"victory" against him.

Alvaro

>The tide wasn't in at the last Aegon (1997), even though some people were
>starting to say that it was.  I don't know if it's in yet, but everyone has to
>watch out now or they'll get wet feet, that's for sure.
>
>bruce



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