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Subject: Re: The status of top programs being rated 2700 is at stake!

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:22:32 03/07/02

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On March 07, 2002 at 12:07:24, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On March 07, 2002 at 12:00:31, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>I had the pleasure to have some serious talks about computers with Loek, he
>>knows how to play the computer much more than I expected. Note his comment on
>>12.Bg3? in game-2: I never would play such a move, but I knew the computer would
>>take the bishop.
>
>If he knew anything about computers he would have known his game
>setup in game 3 was a 100% sure zero. I can't remember i *ever*
>drew a similar setup where i gave the thing options to either
>win queen side AND attack my king. You kind of *force* them to
>attack king side, which nowadays they all do.


Loek van Wely went for the wellknown prophylaxis approach in game-3 and he has
been quite successful against computers using this system. A matter of knowing
your history.


>Which in fact happened. With the known result.

Ahem, I never have seen a 2700+ player being beaten by a king attack by a
computer on 40/120.

Can Diep find all Rebel's good moves of game-3?



>Any person who knows something about computers is not forcing them
>into a kings attack which is good.
>
>Loek obviously tried this setup the first time in his life, otherwise
>he would not have chosen it.
>
>so the assumption he knows something about the thing is exaggerated.
>
>All he knows is that it is a machine.
>
>>During game-1 and game-3 he told me: "this is not the same version playing as
>>you have send me". Imagine that!
>
>I bet he never installed Rebel Century, but only Rebel Tiger. I didn't
>figure it out either until Jan Louwman told me Rebel Century was still
>alive :)

Again check your facts, Loek player over 100 games against Rebel as preparation
on the match.

Ed



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