Author: Adrien Regimbald
Date: 23:15:55 05/13/00
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>thank for the clarification I just checked that information 10 minutes ago, But >even if it was a Pentium 90 Mhz capable of only 210 MIPS Versus an AMD Athlon >1000 Mhz capable of 3041 MIPS the difference in MIPS is about 12 times faster >Plus Fritz is much beteer program than genius was in 1994. > > >PS: Just comparing the hardware along there is a difference of a least 2800 >hundred MIPS or 12 times faster, sorry but I do not think that Kasparov is 12 >times better than he was in 1994. In game in 30 minutes per side, he is refusing >to play, probably he already have tested himself against fritz several times. >There have to be a strong reason for him to refuse to play at Frankfurst >Giants if Fritz 6 plays. 1. A 12x increase in hardware speed does not (even remotely) translate to a 12x increase in playing ability. 2. Uri was not referring to playing ability in the first place (even though Kasparov's raw playing ability has improved since then), he was referring to how well he plays against a computer. I think we all know of many A-class/expert players that can consistently draw with and sometimes beat the elite chess programs, when they wouldn't stand a chance in hell of ever drawing a similarily rated human opponent. 3. Chess does not have a transitive property - it is not true in chess that if player x can beat y, and y can beat z that x can beat z, not at all. 4. Your "quotes" from people about why Kasparov doesn't want to play sounds like a load of rumours to me, and even if they were true, they don't mean anything. Perhaps Kasparov wants to spend a day on the beach and wanted to give a less personal reason to the media. 5. The references you made to matches against chess engines (Mchess, I think you said?) refer to events that happened 6 years ago - they have no relevance whatsoever on events today in terms of predicting who will win a match. 6 years is a long time for both players (in this case, Kasparov and top chess engines) to have changed. The field of computer chess has made a lot of progress, and there is no doubt that the top level chess playing programs are extremely strong. I'm not going to conclude on the result of such a hypothetical encouter between Kasparov and Fritz - it isn't beyond the realm of reasonability that Fritz could win. I am simply stating that nothing you have said points conclusively to a Fritz win for such a hypothetical match. Regards, Adrien.
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