Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:56:08 04/07/00
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On April 07, 2000 at 04:39:45, Jeff Nouveau wrote: >On April 07, 2000 at 04:06:56, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On April 06, 2000 at 11:22:35, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >> >>>Hi everybody, >>> >>>There have been a lot of reactions to my last posting, in which I told about >>>Fritz SSS* taking part in the Dutch championship. Unfortunately most of the >>>debate was related to 'should computers be allowed to play in human >>>tournaments'. This is of course an interesting subject, but for me the big point >>>is that we are talking about the national championship of my country Holland. >>> >>>That a computer can take part in such an event raises the following questions: >>> >>>1. Has a computer a nationality? >> >>First let me say what others already mentioned: Better use the word PROGRAM >>instead of computer. The computer can do nothing without the program. > >And what can do the program without computer ? Furthermore, you perfectly know >that the computer has a huge impact : Pentium 133 and Athlon 1GHz don't give the >same result... See my other post, a bit below. It must be a steady combination of Program Hardware Opening book Program settings Operator Each of them can be different anyhow. >>So, to answer your question, a computer has NO Nationality but the programmer of >>the chess program has. > >Indeed...but who plays ? > >> >>>2. Can a computer be a national champion? >> >>Computer no, program: why not? > >An arabian horse cannot be arabian champion of 400 m race, why ? He is arabian, >and he can run. Because he is no human, maybe ? > ><snip> > >> >>>6. What if the machine will be the champion: Can (in this case Holland) this >>> country put the machine on board 1 of the Olympiad team? >> >>I would go for it. :-) >>But I fear FIDE has s.th. against it...and what if many other countries do the >>same? > >We definitly need new rules, with human AND computers in mind, if we want to see >this happen. > >I explained my views in an other post : the way it's done today is not fair. > >Jeff > ><snip>
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