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Subject: Re: Van der Wiel - Fritz SSS 1-0

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 23:00:01 05/19/00

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On May 19, 2000 at 18:33:41, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On May 19, 2000 at 15:13:27, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On May 19, 2000 at 13:52:35, Djordje Vidanovic wrote
>>
>>And you made your point too. Let's see if we can agree on the following:
>>
>>Computers are often far away from understanding how to play chess as humans
>>do. They play chess in their own funny way and still are able to score in
>>the 2500-2600 area (and still climbing) which is amazing.
>>
>>Ed
>>
>>
>>>***   Djordje
>
>
>Agreed.  Yes, they can score in the 2500-2600 range. And it _is_ amazing, having
>in mind all the gaps in their "knowledge" of the game.
>
>***  Djordje

I am not sure about this, because programs are not being tested in a real
situation. In a real situation a program would be as any chess player.
In this hypothetical situation, a program would be entitled to receive prizes,
it would be accepted by the other chess players as a normal player, etc.
If a program could be tested in these conditions I think that chess players
would have interest to learn to play against them, and a program with
an initial 2550 ELO rating, after one year playing at FIDE tournaments,
could lose many points ELO(more than 50).

Paulo Soares, from Brazil



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