Author: Pete R.
Date: 15:25:59 05/08/00
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On May 08, 2000 at 05:42:52, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On May 08, 2000 at 01:38:11, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>"Fritz will not have access to its endgame modules" >> >>What is this meaning?? Fritz is not playing with full strength!! Pity... >> >>Jouni > >That's very fair IMO. If it's unable to play simple endgames, it has nothing to >do in any tournament. Shouldn't be allowed to participate in national >championships anyway, but that is already to late. > >Fritz is supposed to be able to calculate moves, not just copying them from a >multitude of databases, endgame or otherwise. Now we only have to get rid of the >opening book and then we can start talking about a fair game. They are two different entities who approach chess in a different way. It's a waste of time to argue the difference between a "lookup" and memorization when it comes to computers. Then you could argue that humans should have access to opening and endgame books as well, etc. This is fine in principle, but considering that humans are still stronger at long time control, it's too early to worry about this. When PCs are unbeatable even against the SuperGMs at long time control, then we start to handicap the machines. At this point though the war is not over yet, and it's too early to cripple anyone, especially the underdog.
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