Author: martin fierz
Date: 08:35:56 07/03/01
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On July 03, 2001 at 11:10:35, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On July 03, 2001 at 10:48:13, martin fierz wrote: > >>i am also sure that the players in argentine do not prepare hard for their game >>against the computer. >>if they had to play a match against it, and there was >>money at stake, then they would prepare specifically. > >Anyway it should be "unfair" versus the computer ... because the computer has >not the possibility to prepare against the human...think about it. that's not true. computers *are* prepared to play against humans - lots of stuff in the programs to avoid closed positions, because humans are better at it than computers. so if a human were to prepare an opening line which should give a closed position, he is doing nothing else than what the computers are doing. > >>as it is, it is a single >>game they play against the computer, and there is not much to gain or lose. they >>probably think up something on the evening before the game, that's it. a few >>hours preparation, not more. >> > >And I as i said I think that those GM were trying to win ( or at least to draw) >against Tiger to defend their good reputation, so the argument of the money or >norm gain is just not much applicable. well, of course they want to win, that is obvious! i'm not insinuating that they *want* to lose... but you have to see the relations. when you play a closed tournament, what you usually do is that every evening, you prepare a couple of hours for your next opponent. of course they will prepare for the computer, but no more and no less than against any other player. i just want to say that for a human playing against another human is completely different than playing a computer. so they would have learn how to play against computers first, which is not something you do in 2 hours in the evening. what i really believe is that if they learned how to play against computers seriously, spending some weeks on it, they would do much better. look at the game of ricardi - he improvised some anti-computer play which backfired badly. do you really think he came well prepared for this game? man, even i would be ashamed if i got such a position against the tiger after 13 moves... cheers martin
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