Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 15:06:17 01/23/01
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On January 23, 2001 at 16:47:07, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 23, 2001 at 15:51:24, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>Let's not all pile on. We'll get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. >>;-) >>Sorry for the football metaphor, but I am constantly exposed to superbowl hype. >> >>If he has actually written a program that can beat Shredder in any sort of >>match, even a short one, that is a genuinely interesting program. It may or may >>not be as strong as Shredder, but I certainly would like to find out more about >>it. > > >The program that plays random moves can beat Shredder in one game. >The probability for it is very small and almost 0 but it is positive. > >Uri But in this case i don't see the real problem. There are many strong programs and when you would have joined Aegon in the past like i did, and played in between rounds many games against several russian programs, then you would know like me that openingsbooks of those russian programs are more than ok. See how Kasparov today destroyed Shirov, it's one big walking book this Kasparov... Anyway, that drastically improves the chance of an amateur to win from a commercial prog like shredder. On the other hand the chance you get such a line in a world championship is pretty small, as shredder will be a different and improved engine then, so not making the same mistakes, and there will be a new book, not to mention new tuning. The place to proof things is in a worldchampionship and in the big tournaments! Home cooked things i don't care that much for, but i'm always amazed about the disbelief that it can happen. Any 2350 player can beat a 2550 player easily if that 2550 player plays in the exactly same way for quite a long time. Now usually a 2550 player learns and is not stupid, but a program sure is. Then 200 rating points difference get a lot smaller and any result is possible. If that 2550 player keeps copying his games and keeps playing the EXACT same move, then he's history for sure. We have seen that proven 1000s of times at SSDF now. Who cares? Greetings, Vincent
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