Author: Mark Young
Date: 19:25:53 06/29/98
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On June 29, 1998 at 16:15:40, Komputer Korner wrote: >This anti GM stuff strikes at the heart of the difference between computer play >and human GM play. Against computers it does not matter how complicated the >position is, the only way another program will win is either by a better >position or by outsearching it. Against a super human GM, the program won't have >a better position nor will outsearch somebody like ANAND. The best that Rebel 10 >can hope for is to confuse Anand (witness Anand's bungling loss to Kasparov on a >3 move tactic in their match). Confusing Anand can be as simple as a pawn >sacrifice for initiative as Ed has pointed out or as complicated as Deep Blue's >g4 or b4 moves. A GM spends an enormous amount of time figuring out his >opponents reasons for a move. A program that plays moves which are out of the >ordinary will worry and confuse a GM. These are not the kinds of moves that >worry a computer opponent. That is what I believe is at the heart of Ed's anti >GM stategy. Ed is taking a big leap forward here and is forsaking computer vs >computer chess in favour of computer vs human chess which is much more >interesting because of the wildly different approaches. According to Bob Hyatt, >he always programs this way and thus you won't see Crafty win any world micro. >I hope Ed reveals some of his secrets after the match. >-- >Komputer Korner I would have to agree here with what you said. Just watching it play Junior should give us some insight on what Ed has done. So he is giving us some hints before the match.
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