Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 15:41:26 10/05/00
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Are there any chess programs today - >Rebel >Tiger >Chessmaster 7000 >Shredder >Junior >Fritz >Nimzo >Crafty > >and others...that can look 15 to 16 plies in the middle game (supposedly like Deep Blue did)... Yes, there are, Dan, and I had the ignominious job of playing against 2 of them! While I know you are writing about OTB chess, I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a plug for my niche, Correspondence Chess. Sorry Dan ;) I mean well. As you know, both Fritz 6a and Nimzo 7.32 searched and are still searching 17-24 plies deep against me, not counting extensions that go much deeper. Now I have a feeling for what Garry Kasparov experienced versus Deeper Blue. I read here about 6 months ago where somebody posted a quote from the IBM team saying that Deeper Blue needed to search 14-15 plies deep in order to defeat Kasparov. I'm sure that 14-15 plies from Deeper Blue are of greater value than 18 plies from Nimzo 7.32, but I can tell you that it still plays frighteningly strong in computer friendly positions...wide open board with lot's of actively placed pieces (see Nimzo 7.32-Ham). For those of you who want a real challenge and want to experience what it's like to meet Deeper Blue head on, play a "Correspondence Chess" style game against your own computer where you have only the aid of books...no computer assistance in generating your moves. It's pretty tough to beat the silicon beasts now if they are allowed to search at least 16-17 plies deep (minimum) before their moves are selected. Good luck and happy chess! All the best, Steve
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