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Subject: Re: Fritz SSS TPR after 8 Games - 2643

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:06:32 05/17/00

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On May 17, 2000 at 05:10:55, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>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


That's not uncommon.  Meat makes mistakes.  Silicon doesn't.  It is _very_ hard
to win a won game vs a computer.  Unfortunately the computer finds the same,
since it has one win, one loss, and a bunch of draws.

I think Fritz has done quite well, personally...

Although it has definitely played like a "computer".



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