Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 02:10:55 05/17/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 23:17:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >In this case, it is pretty clear. Bosboom refused to play. He played a few >moves to meet the letter of the rule that said "if you don't play the machine, >you lose the chance to win the bigger prize." IMHO he simply "refused to show >up" but it was a "practical refusal to play" and not a "technical refusal to >play"... > >I'm much more interested in seeing how the program _really_ does, without all >the silliness of the humans factored in. Although now it is impossible to do. >I would count the last Fritz draw as a win, IMHO. It couldn't lose with the >opponent having so little time. Without counting the Bosboom game, the TPR of Fritz is about 2610, good enough for a GM norm. But looking at the quality of its games, nobody would have guessed that a grand master played them. Enrique
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