Author: Rafael Andrist
Date: 11:19:34 04/10/02
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On April 10, 2002 at 11:52:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>1. Deep Blue had 50x the knowledge of todays programs. > >I don't know that that statement is true. I am certain, based on details >that I learned by talking to Hsu at the last couple of ACM events, that they >had knowledge that other programs did not have. We had a giant discussion >one night about opposite bishops. A version of chess genius was playing >(I think at least) and it was saying the position was a dead draw. Hsu >pointed out that it wasn't a draw at all and that "deep blue prototype" >knew this. He later showed us what it thought about how to win. A GM >had explained this to them a couple of years earlier and they had built it >in to the program with good results. They mentioned _lots_ of such special- >case evaluation terms that were suggested by the various GM players they had >helping... IIRC you've mentioned this example already some time ago. You surely had some very interesting discussions with Hsu/Deep Blue team. Did you implement results of those discussions also in Crafty or do you have to keep this secret? Or do you think that adding some of the discussed knowledge would only slow down Crafy? regards Rafael B. Andrist
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