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Subject: Re: NEWS: The match Kramnik-Computer more and more near

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 15:07:56 04/08/01

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On April 08, 2001 at 18:05:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 08, 2001 at 17:35:14, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>On April 08, 2001 at 09:04:32, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On April 08, 2001 at 08:07:59, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>Here is my guess for the evidence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gambit1 is probably not better than Deep Fritz on one processor based on Enrique
>>>>>>>results.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Enrique played 40/40 games.The programs have their own evidence on different
>>>>>>timecontrols.One example.DeepFritz is on 5min/game 150 Elo Points stronger than
>>>>>>DeepShredder, on timecontrol 40/120 DeepShredder is 50-70 Elo points stronger
>>>>>>than DeepFritz.Can you explain that?
>>>>>
>>>>>I do not believe it.
>>>>>I believe that Deep Fritz is better than Deep Shredder in all time controls.
>>>>>
>>>>>Deep Fritz is winning Shredder5 at 2 hours per move.
>>>>>see http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?162151
>>>>
>>>>Uri you are a computerchessexpert.But to come with only one game is not a strong
>>>>argument.Is phalanx stronger than Fritz because he can win some games against
>>>>Fritz? Why is Shredder winning every official tournament(40/120)and DeepFritz
>>>>placed behind Shredder? I would say DeepFritz is the best speedchess progam of
>>>>the world but on tournamenttimecontrols it´s only number three.
>>>
>>>I believe that stefan does better opening preperations.
>>
>>Oooohhh no stefan´s opening preperations are horrible.See the game against
>>gandalf in paderborn a few weeks ago.Or the bad position against nimzo in london
>>after the openingtheory.I personally have seen the bad opening preparition in
>>paderborn (WCC´99)in the game against hiarcs.It was a nightmare.Every other
>>program had lost two of these three games against these opponents but shredder
>>lost not a single one.This is what i say shredder can safe a position that is in
>>danger.
>
>No
>The important thing is to go into positions that the computer understand and not
>to go into good positions.
>
>I believe that Stefan knew how to lead shredder to positions that it understands
>more than the opponent and this is the main reason for shredder's success.
>>
>>>I decided to use Deep Fritz for my correspondence games and I also use the
>>>Tigers.
>>>
>>>I almost do not use Shredder because I believe that Shredder is worse in the
>>>early stage of the game and I am not in the endgame.
>>>
>>>I analyzed some positions with shredder5 and my impression was that it has not
>>>more knowledge than Deep Fritz when Deep Fritz is better in tactics.
>>
>>Fritz is much more better in tactics but positional play is the field for
>>shredder.
>>>
>>>I find that tactics is important even at correspondence games.
>>
>>It is superimportant, so your choice to take DeepFritz is absolutly right.
>>In correspondence games the humans do the positional job and the maschines do
>>the tactical job.
>
>I do not believe in it.
>
>I believe that in correspondence games it is better to give computers to do all
>the job and to avoid a computer move only in cases when you are almost sure that
>the computer is wrong.
>
>I believe that I am going to win a GM Har aven when all my moves are computers
>moves.
>
>Deep Fritz found one move in more than 22 hours and another move in more than 16
>hours on PIII800.
>
>The move that it found in more than 16 hours is probably a winning move.
>
>I believe that computers are at least IM's in correspondence games and have
>chances to win against GM's in correspondence games.
>
>Not giving computers to do the positional job is a common mistake of humans in
>correspondence games and it is the reason that computers get good results in
>correspondence games(Steve Ham with an ICCF rating of 2508 lost against
>Nimzo7.32 and Fritz6 2.5:1.5(one loss against nimzo,one draw against nimzo and 2
>draws against Fritz6) he did not try to play anti computer chess but he plays in
>the same style also against humans.
>
>Uri

I can add that steve Ham did not use computers in his games but I believe that
part of his opponents used computers and lost and the reason is simply the fact
that they did not give the computer a long time to analyze because they prefered
to give themselves to do the positional job.

Uri



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