Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:51:44 07/23/01
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On July 22, 2001 at 19:40:32, James T. Walker wrote: >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! I am not sure if no GM is going to take that bet. Did somebody offer this bet to all the GM's? Uri
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