Author: Graham Laight
Date: 16:28:57 08/02/01
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On August 01, 2001 at 09:42:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 01, 2001 at 05:03:06, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On July 31, 2001 at 22:37:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On July 31, 2001 at 18:36:53, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >>> >>>><snip> >>>>Franz Morsch saying the main difference between this version of Fritz compared >>>>to its predecessors did not lie so much in greater chess knowledge but more due >>>>to the machines newfound ability to deal with anti-computer chess strategy, and >>>>to learn from its mistakes. He also said that he believed that this incarnation >>>>of Fritz is every bit as strong as the Deep Blue II that defeated Kasparov and >>>>has far greater "chess knowledge". >>>><snip> >>>> >>>>Good to say that...:) >>>> >>>>Regards. >>> >>> >>>If that is a direct quote from Frans, my respect for him just took a _huge_ >>>nose-dive. The quote is simply nonsense. >> >>Presumably, the lost respect will be restored if Fritz wins. :) >> >>-g > > >Nope. Fritz could win 6-0 and that statement would _still_ be ridiculous to >make by someone that knows something about computer chess. I'm afraid that if Fritz wins 6-0, then, unless there was something terribly wrong with Kramnik (like a brain haemmorage), many of us would conclude that Fritz now is better than DB was then - 50-100x speed or not. -g
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