Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:16:28 04/22/02
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On April 22, 2002 at 14:58:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >On April 22, 2002 at 13:57:16, William H Rogers wrote: > >>I think that the new worlds champion will be announced just as soon as the top >>human plays a round robin game against the top computer chess programs. I think >>that there should be at least 4 to 6 games with each opponent. When this is >>done, then I think people will see a computer holding the worlds championship >>for the first time( not counting Big Blue). As to when this will happen, it is >>up to the humans, ie. today, tommorow, or 10 years from now. >>Bill > >Part of the reason humans (the _best_ humans) lose to programs is because they >don't have experience playing against them. Computers are still very strong, and >by no means will they ever again be "easy" wins for top players, but if GM's >studied computer play like they would normally prepare for a match with a human, >they would fair better. How much better is hard to say. Maybe they would win 5-3 >or 5.5-2.5 in an 8 game match. I don't think a blowout would be common, except >perhaps in the case of Kramnik-Fritz since Kramnik will have had all the time in >the world to prepare and test the program. > >And you mean Deep Blue, not Big Blue :) > >Russell I have used the term "computer shock" for 20+ years. It still fits. Computers are not regular tournament participants, which means that meeting one under such conditions is a "shock". And generally the human does far worse the first time around than the second... This will continue until computers are pervasive in chess. They aren't, yet...
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