Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:41:32 09/06/01
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On September 07, 2001 at 01:36:21, Uri Blass wrote: >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 The only way to avoid it is a very big book that should also give answers to lines like 1.e4 h5 2.a4 a5 (2.a4 is a possible book move to get the opponent out of preperations) Uri
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