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Subject: Re: Questions for GM John v/d Wiel

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 22:05:51 01/05/01

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On January 05, 2001 at 19:05:22, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On January 05, 2001 at 15:34:35, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>On January 05, 2001 at 03:07:34, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>If I don't forget I will ask John after the match how he plays a computer.
>>>If he is willing I will do a little interview with John.
>>>
>>>Please propose a few questions and I will collect them.
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>Some questions for GM Van der Wiel.
>>
>>1. Realizing that it is position specific,do humans generally have an advantage
>>in seeing drawn positions?
>>
>>2.  Does the computer's clear vision of short to moderate range tactics  become
>>an advantage in the sense of freeing up your thinking so as not to examine such
>>variations? That is, do variations and plans arise that you might consider given
>>a human opponent that you would otherwise avoid when playing a computer?
>>
>>3. Do you think it important do prepare for a specific computer opponent or is
>>it enough to be familiar with computer play in general?
>>
>>4. Do you believe a computer opponent can be pushed into a certain mode of play
>>by strong players or is your frame of mind more, "I will play good moves and
>>react appropriately as the computer opponent mis-reads the position"?
>>
>>5. Do you prepare specific openings against a computer or enter the contest with
>>more of a general plan?
>>
>>6. Is it more advantageous for a human to play a computer in a match setup like
>>this one vs Rebel when compared to facing a computer in a tournament? Or no
>>difference?
>>
>>7. What other players do you believe would perform well against computers?
>>
>>8. Ever consider writing a book about how computers play by annotating games and
>>pointing out their shortcomings?
>>
>>9. What is your most satisfying victory vs a computer and why?
>
>
>Thanks Howard for the 9 questions.
>
>Anyone for a 10th to make it complete?
>
>Ed

Yes

10)Do you think that Rebel could do better result with better hardware(assuming
that it could be 5 times faster by better hardware)?

Uri



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