Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 08:17:24 04/17/02
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On April 17, 2002 at 08:50:25, Chris Carson wrote: >On April 17, 2002 at 01:56:22, Joe Little wrote: > >> >> Please do not misunderstand me. GM Smirin is a Great player, one to be >>admired. However I am not all that impressed by his win against Shredder, it >>appears to Me that he basically copied the Van Wely Fritz6 game of 2000. The two >>games are almost identical. Many here seem to believe that Smirin will wipe out >>the computers based on this one game. Actually the same doubts existed during >>the Century3 Van der Weil match, after Van der Weil won a game, everyone seemed >>to suddenly lose faith in the machines, Rebel ended up winning the match 4-2. I >>perdict that this match will follow the same pattern. The computers are going to >>come back and win the Match. I remember also the Polgar VS Fritz match of a few >>years back, at the start of the match there was three draws and I believed that >>Polgar was equal with fritz, but then the tables turned and she started to lose >>a bunch of games, fritz in the end made Judit a Palzer! > >That game came to my mind also. I do not have Shredder, so I am not sure about >it's learning ability. I am surprised that it would make a similiar mistake. >That is still an issue sometimes for the programs, they are not perfect, but >they play at a high level even with their flaws. I am impressed when any person >wins a game. Of course as you can't! BTW Shredder can learn tactics...but not positional play. > >Your assessment of the Comps vs GM matches is on target. That is a human >problem, we get tired, frustrated, prone to mistakes. However, we also are very >adaptable, can over come our fears/frustrations and make great individual >efforts. I think GM Smirin is a good challenge, I expect the programs to win a >couple of games, but I expect GM Smirin will not get tired or frustrated. GK >vs DBII is another example that supports your assessment. Bullshit! Then you don't understand that match. > >The match may be decide in this next game with Junior (as black). Junior will >need to hold a draw or this match could be over (however, Tiger and Hiarcs could >still have winning individual results). I would like to see Rebel and Gandalf >in this as well. Wrong Company...Duh!
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