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Subject: Re: I am confused. Programs should beat humans at faster time controls.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:47:04 04/29/01

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On April 29, 2001 at 12:32:42, gerard sanchez wrote:

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>     I am confused.  Programs should be almost unbeatable for humans at faster
>time controls (blitz 7 7) because they are brutally accurate in comparison at
>this type of time control.  Why does JRLOCk (Dzindzi) makes it feel beating
>programs like Scrappy, standing on quad 500+ MHz hardware, not so special but a
>common occurence, is it?  Is this guy the exemption to the rule or is it just
>that the tides have changed, "humans are now actually better than machines at
>faster time controls."


First, he doesn't win many.  You can use the "search" command to see that
he is well behind in any sort of match total you'd care to count...

Second, the longer the time control the better a human GM does against the
computers.  I've seen him beat _every_ program on ICC...  3 0 is very hard
against the computer.  As the time gets longer, the tactical skills of the
human catch up.



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