Author: martin fierz
Date: 20:25:29 04/09/02
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On April 09, 2002 at 16:38:30, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >On April 09, 2002 at 16:02:47, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>In order to consistently beat top computers, a human will require BOTH great >>chess skill and ALSO high "avoid heavy tactics" skill. One without the other >>will probably not lead to a human consistently beating the top computers. >> > >I don't agree. >Since that means forcing too much the game of chess out of its roots...remember >that chess is enriched by tactics play , avoiding at any cost this kind of play >means to miss all the magnificent combinations made famous in the past by great >combinative players like Tal, Steinitz ,etc. >I tend to agree with GM Huebner that said after his match against Fritz in >Dortmund that it is not necessary to betray one's style at any costs when facing >the machine. tal is famous for his style, but he would have no chance against a machine with it. many of his amazing sacrifices were later refuted - through long analysis, but a normal human GM could not refute them with the limited time he had. i don't remember the actual quote, but tal said something like that he didnt mind if his combinations were unsound if he won games with them. in a way, tal was the computer among humans: he was absolutely great at combinations, and when he got his opponents into his territory, he smashed them. i think roy has summed up the situation very well in his last post. i also think that GM huebner does not have to betray his style, because his style is rather on the less combinative side. this is a reason i am looking forward to the kramnik - fritz match: kramnik has something close to the ideal style for a human to play computers. he will hardly have to change a thing. very unlike kasparov. who probably is the best player against humans, but his style is a bit like tal's, with brilliant attacks where his opponents do not have his calculating power. he was an ideal opponent for deep blue. aloha martin
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