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Subject: Re: Kasparov+comp. vs Topalov+comp. in Leon

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:21:53 02/17/98

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On February 16, 1998 at 21:52:02, Milton Zucker wrote:

>
>On February 16, 1998 at 21:28:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 16, 1998 at 18:02:14, Gianluigi Masciulli wrote:
>>
>>>To, everyboy ...
>>>
>>>what do you think about this strange match I read at McCrowther Page?
>>>what power do you think the 2 "ciborgs" will show?
>>>
>>>hi
>>>
>>>Gianluigi Masciulli
>>
>>
>>I suspect we'll see high quality chess unmarred by tactical mistakes,
>>assuming that the GM's don't get too lazy and rely on the machines for
>>more than tactical analysis...
>
>If this happens, it would seem to give definite "bragging rights" to the
>programmers of the programs selected to conduct analysis. It would be
>like a kind of de facto endorsement of the programs by these two top
>chess players.


I don't quite agree.  Because were I one of the GM players, I'd choose
Fritz without giving it a moment's thought, because Fritz is probably
the
best program (tactically) that is commercially available.  And fast
tactics
is what I'd want, along with a good usable interface.

So this would be an endorsement, but only for the tactical search and
not
the "knowledge" in the engine...  I can't imagine of any program
(excepting
deep blue (or the PC version were it available) that a GM could trust
for
positional ideas, and even then it would be "iffy"...



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