Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:36:21 09/06/01
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On September 06, 2001 at 19:52:36, Mike S. wrote: >On September 06, 2001 at 18:16:47, Uri Blass wrote: > >>If programmers want to beat prepared humans when the humans get the program >>then I believe that they can try one of the following ways: >> >>1)making some changes in the evaluation that happens only in the dates of the >>match >>(...) >>2)giving the exact program but the program asks the user for a passward that >>only chessbase know so the opponent cannot use it. > >I think such "tricky" methods are not quite serious and therefore unavailable (I >just hope, no retail version will ever come with that date idea - this would be >very bad for testing.) Although, it's usual in computer chess that programs >include some randomness as a normal feature, sometimes adjustable. Fritz 6 not >(I don't know if Fritz 7 will have that), but it has other engine parameters >which can be adjusted in the GUI without changing the program. > >Kramnik can get more general insights in what the new version is, but he can't >simply prepare for special variations or moves. Furthermore he doesn't have the >match book. > >Getting the engine for preparation is totally overestimated by parts of the >public IMO. I don't consider it to be decisive, not even very important. As I >see it, it can eventually support strategical decisions of Kramnik in a game >(i.e. between direct attack or transposing into an endgame or something like >that). > >Regards, >M.Scheidl There are a lot of ways to get the program out of book in the first moves. I believe that every player with good memory who simply remember some hundred of games has practical chances if the program is deterministic. Uri
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