Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 07:50:30 07/22/01
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On July 22, 2001 at 09:37:25, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On July 22, 2001 at 08:57:56, Drazen Marovic wrote: > >>Not Fritz 7!, Not Deep Fritz!, but Deep Fritz Grandmaster 1.0!! This should be >>the name of the next version of Fritz. Just to take a slap at all of the non >>believers in fritz's grandmaster strength. Mogens you said you didn't believe >>in psychics, but you would believe in amazing luck time and time again, isn't it >>amazing how yet again a non GM strength program could hold a 2600+ GM to an even >>score- just luck i'm sure..... > >I don't believe in amazing luck. I believe in incentive and preparation derived >from the challenge of competition. Since human players don't consider computer >programs as competition, but as an occasional tournament curiosity and perhaps >as an analysis tool, there are only minor incentives. I am sorry to disagree, but the major incentive is to not be beaten by a stupid machine. I think that the gm ego can be hurt by such defeats ,like in Argentina. Regards. > >This match was supposed to be a competition, but it wasn't. A preseason friendly >you might say. So all in all the usual reasons are still valid and this match >doesn't sway anything IMO. Of course you can disagree all you like, consult >psychics and read tea leaves. It won't help. > >Mogens.
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