Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 01:26:31 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 03:53:19, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >On May 16, 2000 at 03:49:50, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On May 16, 2000 at 03:17:32, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On May 16, 2000 at 02:11:16, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>... one mere win in in 8 games. Pity. >>>> >>>>Jouni >>>> >>>>(Of course it has GM strength no discussion about that, please) >>> >>>Actually, I have not been following the tournament, but if it only got one win >>>out of 8, my first reaction is; how well was this program setup? >>> >>>On the other hand, if it was running full blast on a well setup, and good >>>computer, that either says; never underestimate the strength of a grandmaster (I >>>think that's what it says) or/and, the Grandmasters are learning to play against >>>computers very well. >> >>The last couple of games I've seen quite a standard approach from the >>grandmasters. First try to block everything. >>Then decide if you want to break up the blockade or take the draw. >> >>I had expected that everyone would (have to ) take the draw, but in this kind of >>positions the grandmasters seem to be able to see that breakthrough a lot better >>than the computer. That's not really a surprise but I thought the difference >>would be smaller. Still a lot of work to be done. >> >>Although it's not nice for Frans, I don't believe it's bad for computerchess. At >>least one has an answer to the very annoying "Chess has been solved, because >>Kasparov lost to Deep Blue". >>Now hope this will lead to more interest and sponsoring. >> >>Tony >> >>> >>>Pete > >Sorry, you guys have probably never been on a man machine event. You would know >what a "terrible" opponent a computer-experienced grandmaster is. >It was naive to think thatb Fritz could walk thru here. >Uli Yes, Robert Yatt wrote that there are some chess players with ELO=2300 that are very good against programs. Then GMs with experience against programs would be terrible, few chances for programs. Paulo Soares, from Brazil
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