Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:52:41 04/15/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 08:56:27, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On April 15, 2002 at 08:17:04, Claudio A. Amorim wrote: > >>So, are these the programs supposed to play at a 2700 level? Sure, they win many >>games against strong humans, but... Where is their chess competency? Shredder´s >>errors against Smirin were so elementary that they would not fit well in a >>strong club player´s blitz game. > >Let's not go crazy over ONE game! we need to ask these questions after the >match, also you can not say "So, are these the programs supposed to play at a >2700 level?" when this is a games based on one programs performance! >Other than that i agree, it was not pretty... > >Regards >Jonas I think the thing that troubles _some_ of us greatly is this question: "Can you name any GM that would play a single game that looks as bad as that one?" Of course, questions like "OK, how can a program play like a 2600+ in one game then play like a 1900- in another game?" and that _is_ a good question. But as the old proverb goes, "the chain is only as strong as its weakest link." IE Smirin could lose the remainder of the games (not likely of course) and it would _still_ be difficult to call this a "GM performance" after a game like that... GMs do have bad days. But not _that_ bad. It perfectly highlighted just how weakly programs evaluate king-safety. _all_ programs...
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