Author: Don Dailey
Date: 21:21:19 04/25/98
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On April 25, 1998 at 22:31:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I posted this on r.g.c.c, and thought I'd also put it here for >reference. > >Late this week, Roman called and asked if I'd be willing to let my >"four-processor monster" (his words) play in a tournament on chess.net >with him, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Yasser Sierawan. The time >control was a "Fischer-like" 10 10 (10 minutes on the clock, 10 >seconds added after each move.) > >We played 4 games today, the intent being that this ends up as a >double-round-robin. In rounds 1/2 Crafty played Roman, starting >with white in round 1, which it won after playing a really nice >endgame that a couple of IM's declared drawn even though Crafty >was up material. In round two, Roman tried his favorite computer- >busting "London system" but things got *real* interesting. He >castled long (as white) after crafty castled king-side, and he >unleashed the usual pawn-storm. But rather than defending, Crafty >chose to counter-attack on the queenside, and forced a perpetual as >white had to accept or get mated... after two games, 1.5/2.0 for >Crafty. Roman was obviously .5/2.0, Yasser was 1.5/2.0 vs Larry and >Larry was tied with Roman at .5/2.0 of course. > >In rounds three and four, Crafty was paired against Larry. As white, >it attacked right from the get-go and basically beheaded him in nice >style in a *really* unusual position (white castled long, black short, >both started pawn-storming. Crafty's storm had bigger clouds. :)) >In round 4 Crafty was black, and won material but ended in a drawn >position. > >After 4 rounds, Crafty has 3.0/4.0, Yasser has 3.0/4.0, Larry and >Roman both have 1.0/4.0... So either Crafty or Yasser will win the >tournament, and the worst that could happen would be that one wins >both games, and in the other match one of those wins both games, >meaning either crafty or yasser will win, or do no worse than tied for >second... > >Before you start the "but you said no computers could play GM-class >chess"... just remember that this is 10 10, which is something like >game/30 except there is no sudden death to avoid... Hi Bob, Again, as I mentioned in a previous post, I think you over-rate the time control advantage for computers. I do not deny that computers are better relative to humans at faster time controls, this is well known. But 10-10 is starting to get pretty comfortable for human players. If a computer is indeed in the same league as some given player at 10-10, you should not expect to be completely outclassed at tournament time controls. The humans will certainly play MUCH stronger at 40/2 but so will Crafty. In my opinion the difference is not as HUGE as you would have us believe. - Don
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