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Subject: Re: Kramnik on his match with DeepFritz

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 11:08:12 06/21/01

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On June 21, 2001 at 09:41:01, Pierre Bourget wrote:

>From an interview at Kasparovchess site:
>
>One more serious contest is in store for you, the match with a computer. How are
>you preparing for this match? It’s common knowledge that, in preparing for duels
>with humans, you don’t rely on a computer’s help much.
>
>It’s true that I prefer to work in the good old fashion. Well, certainly I will
>play training games at home. According to the contract, I will obtain the
>printouts of the DeepFritz games in late summer.
>
>I take this match very seriously and I really believe that the computer will be
>a hard nut to crack. The rumors that DeepFritz is a far cry from DeepBlue are
>not true to life. I don’t think that DeepFritz is much weaker than DeepBlue.
>However, I know that the programmers have made vast headway in the past three
>years. Fritz’s play is getting stronger every year. At some moments the machine
>really acquires human features – for instance, it sacrifices material with a
>view to gaining the initiative. So I am not at all sure that I will be a success
>at this match. Of course, the world’s strongest chess players are better at
>evaluating positions than computers, but people can get tired and get caught in
>time trouble and so on. The end of the match will be the most difficult stage of
>all.

Thanks for sharing this.  I wish GM Kramnik all the best in this match.  I
admire his courage to provide insights before the match.  :)

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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