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Subject: Re: For all intense and purposes Kramnik is correct.

Author: Hristo

Date: 14:16:35 04/10/02

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On April 10, 2002 at 15:19:37, Marc van Hal wrote:

>On April 10, 2002 at 10:36:20, Hristo wrote:
>
>>On April 10, 2002 at 10:08:24, Marc van Hal wrote:
>>
>>>On April 10, 2002 at 02:48:48, Hristo wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 10, 2002 at 01:24:55, Joshua Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=255
>>>>>
>>>>>Kramnik may not know anything about programming but when he says Fritz was
>>>>>suggesting objectively better moves than Deep Blue Played.....For someone of his
>>>>>level of play to say such a thing. DB might have had extra knowledge than fritz
>>>>>or any other program doesn't who really knows.....there is not enough
>>>>>disclosure. Still i would like to see if anyone has found a position from either
>>>>>match inwhich DB played a move that is out of Commercials grasp.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am pretty sure this is like the thousandth message that asks this question.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, other people have talked about this.
>>>>Kramnik, might, have more than one reason to say that "Fritz" is better than
>>>>Deep Blue. Some reasons, that we can think of, are better than others. As to the
>>>>_truth_ ... well, here is the rub, horacio!
>>>>
>>>>1. Fritz _is_ better than Deep Blue, because Deep Blue doesn't exist any more!?
>>>>This alone can be enough to clame that Fritz is better.
>>>>
>>>>2. There is no evidence, that I know of, that shows a direct comparison of the
>>>>playing strength of these beasts. Which leaves the whole topic open for
>>>>speculations ...
>>>>
>>>>3. Kramnik applies the best possible method to determine which of the two
>>>>programs (machines) is stronger. He evaluates the actuall chess moves that are
>>>>proposed or made over the course of a game. Most geeks, including me, get,
>>>>often, stuck on other issues that relate to eval-speed, hash-hits, tb-hits, etc.
>>>>... an we often lose the main criteria to determine the strength of a chess
>>>>program. Nobody here, on this forum, would be able to sustain a direct assault
>>>>in a regulation game against any of the top chess software. Kramnik can and
>>>>will! When talking about chess Kramnik (and the like) can prove what thay talk
>>>>about, the rest of us should sit back and take lessoons. :-)
>>>>
>>>>For all intense and purposes Kramnik is correct.
>>>>
>>>>Don't be so surprised. In another 5 years your PDA will be better chess player
>>>>than Deep Blue ever was. :-)
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>hristo
>>>
>>>
>>>I think their might be a might good chance that Fritz indeed is stronger then
>>>Deep Bleu
>>
>>There is a chance of this being true. We will never know for sure!
>>
>>>If Deep Bleu's posetional knowledge was so great then explain game nr1
>>>I also think that Deep Bleu's mobilety was much to low
>>>Also if it had much more positional understanding it would have been able to
>>>bring big disasters on the board (based on Kingafety)which never happened in the
>>>match.
>>
>>Deep Blue made mistakes. Enough mistakes to put doubt in my mind as to its
>>absolute strength. However, over the table (board), it performed rather well.
>>
>>>So my findings over the program Hardware fine
>>>Software bad.
>>
>>AFAIK the _software_ was the hardware ... the IBM computer was something like a
>>shell inside which they mounted another, completely different, computer system.
>>
>>>Not to mention that Kasparov did not have prepared himself for that match
>>>
>>
>>True .. and tough-shit ... he got money for it and a brused ego.
>>
>>>The chance is big that Kramnik even can't win from most of today's programs on a
>>>200Mhz computer without preparetion
>>
>>hmmm ... this is not likely. Most games I have seen lately are played with
>>computers running at well over 1GHz and the results are not devastating enough
>>to indicate the 200 MHz would be stronger than Kramnik.
>
>>
>>>and this preparetion actualy is cheating like I mentioned before.
>>
>>I disagree. ;-)
>>Both sides have accepted these conditions so it couldn't be called cheating.
>(If Fritz could talk would he agree on this?)
>>
>>>They could overcome this problem by sending some won games from Fritz7
>>>To show it's style
>>>Rather by first bring it out (So games can be colected.)
>>> giving Mr Kramnik the program
>>>And then start the match.
>>>
>>>Fritz also never can start with a suprising move like a human can
>>>Like Boby Fischer played 1.b4
>>
>>Nor can Fritz start speaking russian in the middle of the game, like Fischer did
>>with Petrosian (I think). Nor can Fritz complain about the lights, the chair,
>>the camera noise, ... ;-)
>>
>>>Not because he thought it was good but because of the suprise.
>>>Leaving the oponent unprepared.
>>>Today this move is searched out much more then today but it only is an example.
>>>
>>>Then again if I never would have analyesed theory and put it public we would not
>>>even discus this now.
>>>(At least Boris Alterman did take use of it which can't be said about this forum
>>>Who did deleted most of my important analyses.
>>>For some small fees.
>>>Which actualy means Chessbase and New and chess do not have copyrights over some
>>>of their products,like they caim
>>>
>>>(In fact  it is ripped Warez hehe)Hey I didn't knew you can copyright that too)
>>>So I am also to blaim.
>>
>>You are a thief ... like me, because I let people in the office listen to my CDs
>>without sending money to the record company. :-))))
>>
>>Regards,
>>hristo.
>Caim was ment to be claim I am not a thief I am the original author for crying
>out loud.
>And chessbase and New in Chess ripped the original analyses
>many important info is left out

dang ... :-(
Sorry to hear that!
I missunderstud you.
hristo

>So it now  still is fishy for a GM,or a chessprogram.
>Not to mention about the lower rated players.
>But I am too blaim like the man who created the atomic bomb
>by sharing the knowledge.
>Which is used to defeat the silicon genius.
>But I created it for the theoretical importance!
>>>
>>>Regards Marc



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