Author: Mark Young
Date: 14:32:35 06/21/01
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On June 21, 2001 at 17:19:55, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >On June 21, 2001 at 16:38:58, Mark Young wrote: > >>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. >> >>Kramnik: >>"I really believe that the computer will be >>a hard nut to crack." >> >>Kramnik: >>"The rumors that DeepFritz is a far cry from DeepBlue are >>not true to life." >> >>Kramnik: >>"I don’t think that DeepFritz is much weaker than DeepBlue." >> >>Kramnik: >>"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" >> >>The questions that crosses my mind when reading Kramnik’s statements: >> >>I. Is this hype for the upcoming match? >>II. Does GM Kramnik really think he may not beat Fritz? >>III. How strong does GM Kramnik think Deep Blue was? >>IV. Is GM Kramnik saying Fritz is competitive at the Elite GM level? >>V. Is GM Kramnik saying Fritz is a GM Level program? >>VI. Are we to take GM Kramnik statements as true in his own mind? > >Obviously, my comments can be nothing more than conjecture, but I would say: > >I. Yes - a little bit. >II. Yes - a very little bit. >III. He probably (and I think rightly) assumes that Kasparov was the worst >choice among the Super GMs to play the program/machine. In other words, it was >more Kasparov losing than DB winning. This could then lead to the conclusion >that Fritz is almost as unpleasant. >IV. I don't interpret his comments that way. I doubt that he thinks so. I only think this because the World Champion said he my not best Firtz, and you can not get much more Elite then the World Champion. I take that as meaning Kramnik think Fritz is competitive at the Elite Level, not better. >V. Yes, I think *that* interpretation is reasonable. After all, what does "GM" >mean these days? Top 700, or something like that. >VI. I have yet to hear Kramnik (and I thank him for it) say something he >obviously knows is false. > >To repeat: mere conjecture... > >Charley
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