Author: Uri Blass
Date: 01:24:43 04/19/02
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On April 19, 2002 at 03:38:18, Vine Smith wrote: >On April 19, 2002 at 00:35:52, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On April 18, 2002 at 21:40:18, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>I guess that they are going to have hands in the book in the tiger's games. >>I also think that the mistakes that the programs did were after book. >> >>I also think that the quality of the engines is more important than the book. >> >>> >>>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. >> >>If christophe changed CT enough then smirin may know nothing about it. >> >>Uri > >Aren't you the one who observed that Shredder did well at Paderborn because of >the programmer's personal involvement, especially in choosing books? Yes but I think that opening preperation is more easy against computer programs. It is possible that shredder's team tested shredder in hundreds of games against the amatuers in order to see which opening gives shredder better chances against them when the amateurs did not do it. They cannot test shredder in games against smirin before the match. Uri
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