Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:40:32 07/22/01
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On July 22, 2001 at 10:44:24, Robert Hyatt 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..... > > >Did you ever stop to think that a 2600 player _could_ hold a 2400 player >to a drawn match result just as easily? If a GM wants to draw, it is _very_ >difficult to prevent it. > >I explained the problem a month+ ago... to win a match, the GM has to first >not lose it, which means he will play carefully. And wait for the machine to >make a horrible mistake that gives him an easy way to a technical win. > >If the match were set up so that the GM gets $100K for each win, nothing for a >draw or loss, then the match would be different. And it is very likely that the >GM would play far differently since only a win makes him any money. But matches >aren't done like that, and while we'd like to see lop-sided results in these >events, match strategy dictates that against the computer, the match score is >going to be _very_ close to avoid taking dangerous chances. Hello Bob, The $100K for a win sounds nice. I would like to try that myself. With nothing to lose and lots of money to win what's the point? How about something more equal like the GM also pays $100K if he loses? Then we would see if he can beat the computer or choke up. Of course no GM would take that bet! My question is why do people here constantly make up matches with silly requirements for computers to prove themselves? Jim
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