Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:32:42 02/20/02
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On February 20, 2002 at 12:23:45, Graham Laight wrote: >On February 20, 2002 at 12:07:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>What is "terrible and tragic" here? Is the hyperbole already out of >>control? >> >>:) > >Being English, I do not overstate lightly. > >"Terrible" refers to the apparent ease with which LVW was able to progress after >move 16 (granted I could not have done it myself). No fight - just gentle >capitulation. You can either conclude that yesterday was the "real" rebel and today was a fluke. Or today is the "real" rebel and yesterday was a fluke. There isn't yet enough data to say which, although looking at the two games, I would say yesterday is _not_ going to be the norm since the GM lost that game, the computer did _not_ beat him. As a result, rather than calling today's game a "terrible" loss, I would call yesterday's win a "fortunate win caused by the GM overextending". > >"Tragic" refers to the fact that, after yesterday, Ed was in a position to >become the first programmer to beat a super GM with a single processor due to >having a program with excellent positional play. This afternoon, this dream lies >in tatters - with only the prospect of further humiliation from LVW to come. This is only true if you had that particular "dream". I didn't. :) Most greatly overestimate the computer's strength and greatly underestimate the GM's strength. Having known several personally for a long time, I don't walk into that trap. :) > >Credit where credit's due though - it was valiantly brave of Ed to have a go at >this. > >-g > Certainly is.... >[D]4b3/8/4p1k1/1pKpPpP1/1Pp2P2/2P1P3/4B3/8 b - - 0 48
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