Author: Chris Carson
Date: 09:49:59 04/15/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 11:52:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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?" Kasparov (2800+) vs DBII the final game. > >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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