Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:59:26 07/03/01
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On July 03, 2001 at 11:41:25, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On July 03, 2001 at 11:35:56, martin fierz wrote: > >>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 > >I think that tryiing to force the own style of playing only for the aim of >"cheat" the computer can lead to undesired results very often, not to mention >the fatigue of this unnatural job. I agree that trying to do it with no experience with it may be a bad idea. Uri
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