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Subject: Re: Kiriakov vs Deep Shredder annotated by Kiriakov.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:22:12 06/05/01

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On June 05, 2001 at 15:11:41, william penn wrote:

>On June 05, 2001 at 11:33:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On June 05, 2001 at 00:16:18, william penn wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  HOW can this grandmaster make this claim based on one game? Sounds to me like
>>>he is one of those group of grandmasters that are threatened by the growing
>>>strength of computers. By the way Gm Dreev after drawing this same deep shredder
>>>says that it would get a highier elo than 2500 if it competes in fide
>>>tournaments. Who's opinion would you take a 2541 grandmaster or a 2650 elo Gm
>>>who has played more than one game, but many games at 40/2, so far he has played
>>>three 40/2 games vs deep shredder. Go to the rebel page and you will hear other
>>>grandmasters say the same thing. I am willing to bet that this grandmaster that
>>>you played, has a certain system he uses regulary to beat computers, so he
>>>basically wins the same type of game more than once. This has nothing to do with
>>>chess strength, for if the computer was conscious it would avoid such lines
>>>
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>>
>>You are typically "missing the point."  A 2600 Human would _never_ play moves
>>like Shredder did.  _never_.  A computer can play a 2800 game one time, and
>>a 2100 game the next time.  A 2600 human will never do that.  Both will make
>>an occasional blunder, to be sure.  But _no_ human rated even 1800 would play
>>some of those moves Shredder played.
>>
>>you can't be a 2600 player if you play 1600-level moves from time to time.
>>It just won't work.
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>   Then by your own logic Bob Byatt Deep Blue is not a 2600 player, since it
>made moves all throughtout the match with kasparov that was laughed at by
>grandmasters particulary in Game 1, i have read several annotations on the
>games, and Deep Blue was critized by Gm's as a totally pazter, yet it was able
>to defeat kasparov, which makes me wonder how they can think the thing plays so
>badly. But as i said before, how a programs plays to achieve results is
>irrelevant, what is important is that it achieves those results. MANY


Depends on who you listen to.  Many critized the g5 move in game 1.  Kasparov
said that was the _only_ move worth considering.  Who do you believe?

DB didn't make the time-wasting type moves we saw in the game above, however.
IE moving the same piece two or three times in the first 15 moves.



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