Author: Slater Wold
Date: 18:40:18 04/18/02
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On April 18, 2002 at 20:31:24, Vine Smith wrote: >On April 18, 2002 at 19:52:25, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>Rex, >> >>You might be correct Sir. However, Smirin is playing drawish chess. >>Nevertheless, Tiger can certainly kick my butt. >> >>Tim, a satisfied Tiger 14.0 owner >> >>On April 18, 2002 at 19:42:42, Rex wrote: >> >>>Tiger is the only program the GM's hope to keep up with. > >"Smirin is playing drawish chess"?! You've got to be kidding! There was nothing >drawish about the drastic defeat he inflicted on Shredder, and he certainly was >not to blame for Hiarcs' choice of the Exchange Variation of the King's Indian >in the second game (where he got a much better position anyway). And Junior must >be running on a lucky processor to have escaped losing a piece down versus >Smirin in the last game. If it weren't for the truncated time control, Smirin >could be leading 3-0. >Nonetheless, Tiger may present some new problems. Not only its "anti-human" >setting, but also the book, both work together to avoid closed positions. When a >couple of Argentine GMs tried to get away with the Old Benoni last year, Tiger >just played 5.f4 (or at move 6, I can't exactly remember) and reopened the >position, winning both times. The f4 move wasn't objectively best according to >theory, but it was best for a program playing a human, and this is the kind of >approach needed against Smirin, who obviously knows a few things about typical >program weaknesses. > >Regards, >Vine Smith If Christophe or Ed, or even Noomen has a hand in this, the book will be 100x better than what we've seen thus far. CT will be a tough opponent. But it does share it's fair chance of losing. Depends on the opening, but I'd guess (if Smirin knows anything about CT) it'll be drawn.
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