Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:13:28 06/06/01
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On June 06, 2001 at 07:26:28, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 06, 2001 at 06:58:28, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>...is that Fritz played the Dutch open just last year, on a quad, >>and it didn't win, it didn't even got second. It got _third_, and >>this while several players forfeited vs it in protest. >> >>We're only one year of development further now, and the hardware >>will be twice as fast, *no more*. Not even a ply more for Fritzie. >> >>The Dutch are pretty ok as far as chess is concerned, but it's >>not like they have any players that are remotely as strong as >>Kramnik. >> >>It was not in the top 2 of Dutch players, and now it is supposed >>to stand a chance vs. the World Champion? Uhh, well maybe if he >>gets sick or crazy or something. > >It is clear that Deep Fritz has no chance against Kramnik. > >Nobody expects Fritz to win. > >I guess that most people are not going to bet that Fritz is going to beat >Kramnik even if they can earn 100$ for winning and lose 1$ for losing. > >Fritz is public and it is unfair. > >A secret program when Kramnik know nothing about it may have chances but noy >Fritz. > >Deeper blue was a secret program when kasparov knew nothing about it. >Deep Fritz is not close to be a secret program. Kasparov didn't "know nothing" about it. DB Jr had played many exhibition matches. Kasparov's problem was that he listened to the _wrong_ people and prepared in the worst possible way, by practicing against a microcomputer program. Foolish and it showed. > >It could be more interesting if the sponsors organized a match between kramnik >and a secret program when they reveal the details about the computer only after >the match( kasparov played against deeper blue in similiar conditions) > >The secret program should be something that is not commercial in the last year >(otherwise I am afraid that kramnik can guess the name of the program after >analyzing the first game) > >Uri
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