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Subject: Re: To Uri, Junior made a tremendous improvement since Dortmund !

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 09:21:52 08/27/00

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On August 27, 2000 at 12:10:12, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On August 27, 2000 at 08:09:51, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 27, 2000 at 07:52:22, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>
>>>On August 27, 2000 at 06:20:10, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 27, 2000 at 01:43:39, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 26, 2000 at 22:32:54, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>
>>>snipped
>>>
>>>>>>I believe current chess programs like Fritz and shredder are capable of beating
>>>>>>the best 5 players in the world in time control between 30 to 45 Min per side,
>>>>>>using pentium III 1Gh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I think any great chessplayer will win any program (PIII-1Gh), in a match of 10
>>>>>games in the time control among 30 to 45 min. It is enough  to give to the
>>>>>chessplayer a month of preparation and a reasonable prize. I dare to write that
>>>>>the chessplayer doesn't need to know with which program he will play.
>>>>
>>>>I disagree.
>>>>
>>>>If the chess player does not know with which program he will play then he is
>>>>probably going to lose the match at this time control.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>I think that that is possible for some reasons:
>>>
>>>1. One month is a reasonable time so that the chess player analyzes good
>>>   openings options to play against any program, including lines that can be
>>>   inferior against humans, but good to play against programs.
>>>
>>>2. Going out of the opening with a "controlled " position, the famous
>>>   anti-computer tactical  can work well. I believe that the programs
>>>   weaknsses are the same, blocked positions.
>>
>>I do not believe in it.
>>I believe that Junior from WCCC is completely a different version and you cannot
>>use against it the same tactics that players like kramnik used against Junior6
>>in dortmund.
>>
>>It played in the last WMCCC in a way that other programs do not play.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I should also mention that Shredder was well prepared to play any closed Openings
>like the stone wall defense, according to Sandro Necchi.

PS: I would like to point out that, if Junior used a Pentium III 1Gz it would
have probably ended in 2nd place.

>Pichard.



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