Author: blass uri
Date: 23:03:16 03/12/00
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On March 12, 2000 at 21:53:24, Roger wrote: >I wish I could agree with you Mogens, but I cannot (what did you expect? ;) > >The fact of the matter is that we DON'T really KNOW the extent to which Xie's >Junior can duplicate the moves of Amir's Junior. Could be a lot, could be a >little, depending on the relative strength of the machines, and the extent to >which Xie can get into an opening in which lots of material can be taken off, >simply because it consists mostly of forced moves on each side. Such openings >exist, and Xie and her handlers have more than enough knowledge to select one. >THAT IS WHY SHE IS THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION, FOR GOODNESS SAKE!! Xie cannot play moves for Deep Junior and if Deep Junior avoid opening when lots of material can be taken off Xie can do nothing against it. > >But my argument doesn't really rest with whether the moves actually CAN BE >reproduced with the one gigahertz, Godzilla-squared, Kasparov-on-an-EPROM, >Hell-on-Wheels, Silicon Armaggedon, Deep Junior *BEAST* that has so suddenly >appeared on the scene in China. > >Do you think it just appeared in thin air, with no agenda in mind? What are you >saying? That there is an entire universe of Deep Junior-like moves that >instantiate some Deep Junior style, and that this machine was purchased for the >match only with the purpose of learning how to play against the STYLE, rather >than against Amir's baby in particular? Xie has the right to buy everything that is commercial. Amir could avoid this problem by not doing Junior commercial. If Junior's book is big enough and Junior has some randomness the chances of xie to predict all the game before she play is very small even if I assume that xie's Junior is identical to Amir's Junior. Uri
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