Author: martin fierz
Date: 13:09:27 04/01/02
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On April 01, 2002 at 14:03:36, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 01, 2002 at 13:56:11, Shay Bushinsky wrote: > >>http://www.kasparov.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20790&p_docLang=EN > > >A few interesting highlights: > >"I was totally unprepared to play against a modern playing program. My >experience from the mid-1990s turns out to have been completely irrelevant >today. I realized that in order to be successful a Grandmaster has to prepare in >an entirely different manner to play with computers compared with “human” chess. >I would compare playing against a computer to a struggle with a river with >strong rapids in the fairway and calm waters outside. The art is to reach the >calm waters – a key to success in playing against computers." > >"You have to not only find weaknesses in computers, but also to rid your style >of methods you normally use against humans. You have to abstain from using a >psychological approach, since computers don’t have psychology. You must refrain >from looking for mistakes in the calculations of your opponent, as computers >don’t miscalculate." > >"During the match I came to some new insights about the way computers play. The >first round I lost 1-3, the second finished 2-2, and I think that I would win a >third round." interesting! not what gulko is saying (of course you have to forget about psychology against comps), but that he is saying it - it means that he was essentially unprepared in this match. smirin will receive money based on his success rate, and he has the gulko match to look at. he should be able to do better than gulko... cheers martin
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