Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 23:51:46 01/05/01
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On January 06, 2001 at 01:05:51, Uri Blass wrote: >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 That is more a programmer question I think. If so speaking for this match the answer is yes. I was surprised to see Rebel fail low on many occasions on the last iteration, meaning seeing upcoming trouble and changing to a better move in the last moment. So maybe there is just some hope left for the future that anti-computer play can be fought with deeper search. Not that it will solve all (that is a matter of chess knowledge) but deeper search surely helps and maybe more then the general opinion. Ed
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