Author: Graham Laight
Date: 03:50:02 07/19/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 18:18:30, Jorge Pichard wrote: >Most people are ignoring the fact that what Mr Amir has accomplished with his >Deep Junior program three years after Deep Blue defeated Kasparov, is not an >easy task. Three years has passed by, in which most GMs have had plenty of >practices using Anti-Computer Knowledges, since Kasparov last played Deeper Blue >II in 1997. If Deep Blue was still available and confronted the same GMs that >were in Dortmund it would have not score as good as Deep Junior. Mainly for >these reasons. > >1. More Anti computer knowledges is known now than back in 1997. I'm sorry, but I feel an irresistible urge to take issue with this point. I re-read much of Daniel King's book about the GK V DB '97 encounter last night, all written straight after the event, and I have to say that all of the issues we've been discussing (closed positions, king attacks etc) are put down in this book as "known anti-computer strategies". -g >2. None of the GM would have played an open game against, knowing its great >tactical abilities and calculating power. > >3. Deep blue would have played against different type of opponents with >different styles, which make it harder for Deep Blue team such as: Hsu and >GM Nick de Firmian who prepared special opening lines against GM Kasparov. > > >PS: At the same time Amir made it harder for any future programmer to challenge >any of the top 10, in Tournament Time Control, because in the future all the GM >will not DARE to play an Open game against Deep Junior or Deep Fritz SSS as in >the last game vs Leko. And unless programmers built more ABS Anti- Block- System >to prevent GMs From blocking the center and attacking on whatever side the king >castle, like on Kramnik game, the same situation will arise time after time >again. > >Pichard.
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