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Subject: Re: A great idea, but...

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 23:57:27 11/18/00

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On November 19, 2000 at 01:07:44, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 18, 2000 at 22:05:39, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>On November 18, 2000 at 21:30:38, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On November 18, 2000 at 20:39:44, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 20:19:12, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 19:05:56, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 14:03:31, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 12:50:40, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 12:33:37, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On November 18, 2000 at 08:40:36, Arshad Syed wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Fritz and Junior completely anhilated their opponents in the KC human-machine
>>>>>>>>>>challenge. Junior played some remarkable human-esque chess in a couple of its
>>>>>>>>>>games. One of them was a gem, where DJ disregards pawn material and instead
>>>>>>>>>>launches a ferocious attack on the kingside. The only other computer game that
>>>>>>>>>>was so human-like was the Hiarcs-Deen Hergott match which involved a
>>>>>>>>>>Queen/Knight sacrifice by the computer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>All this and hardly any mention in this NG, except for a handful of
>>>>>>>>>>congratulatory messages. I mean I have seen much longer and more animated
>>>>>>>>>>discussions for lesser quality comp-human games on the ICC, with moves being
>>>>>>>>>>discussed in microscopic detail.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>...and finally, there was this thread on the US electoral system which possibly
>>>>>>>>>>was the longest and most elaborately discussed in recent weeks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>Arshad
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I have wondered myself too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>In a mailing I have announced a 6-game match against computer killer
>>>>>>>>>GM v/d Wiel and got about zero response. What to do? Cancel it?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Your Rebels are partly responsible for this!
>>>>>>>>Everyone remembers Rebel 10-Anand!
>>>>>>>>Thanks for the games against strong humans.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here is an idea:
>>>>>>>>Hold the match "live" at some slow time control.
>>>>>>>>Do not tell the viewers which is the computer.
>>>>>>>>Conduct a live, running poll, asking which is which.
>>>>>>>>Reveal the answer after the game.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This would be like a Turing test, and it might be feasable now.
>>>>>>>>I think those whose programs are said to be human-like, should
>>>>>>>>risk it! It would be interesting!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Very nice idea indeed!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Let's see if people are able to guess who is human, who is program!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>
>>>>>Wouldn't work.  Immediate moves from pondering would give it away.  Perhaps you
>>>>>could disable pondering, or at least not move immediately?
>>>>>
>>>>>Will
>>>>
>>>>Disable? It is enough to deliver the moves above a minimal time, say, two
>>>>minutes, even if the program answered in no time.
>>>>Fernando
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Absolutely. This would not take away anything from the thrill of the game.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>
>>But what happens when there is a 2-minute pause for an obviously forced
>>recapture?
>>
>>--Peter
>
>It is possible to get always 2 minutes delay for every move even if the human
>play the obvious move(I assume tournamrnt time control of 120/40).
>
>Another idea is simply to tell the spectators about a move exactly every 3
>minutes when it is not important if it is a computer move or a human move(in
>order to do it you must use a delay of an hour to be practically sure that you
>can do it because I do not expect the human to get to a big time trouble in the
>opening and big time trouble after move 20 is no problem).
>
>The only problem is that I guess that spectators who analyze the game with >their Century3 will have no problem to identify the machine.

>Uri


Well i was wondering do the organisers reveal who the Human player is? Sometimes
doing so would be a even bigger give away..

Anyway, i suppose it would be best if the tournament coulld be organised not by
one particular commerical house but be a weekly event alternating bewteen
various chess programs like Fritz,Junior, Rebel etc..

This way it would make it difficult for those to guess who the computer is .
Another way of course is for Rebel or Tiger to be a totally new version from
those availanle..








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