Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 17:20:19 04/28/02
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On April 28, 2002 at 20:11:36, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On April 28, 2002 at 19:57:48, José Carlos wrote: > >> Yes, good news! >> Some years ago, we were impressed and suprised every time a chess program >>beated an IM or GM, and the programmer received a lot of congratulations and >>compliments. >> Now, one of the strongest players in the world wins a game against a program >>and we find it a great success for humanity. It only can mean that we're now >>used to see programs winning over and over against strong players. > >That's incorrect IMO. The primary effort thus far have been concentrated on >discovering whether the engine was replaced, sabotaged or operated incorrectly >when it lost. Not exactly the greatest achievement of humanity. > >Regards, >Mogens I don't agree. It did not matter whether he was playing GT or CT, since both are strong engines. It was an impressive victory for Smirin, since all engines seemed to think he was losing -+, until he played 30. Rc7! The way he got his queen in position for that move indicated he was well ahead of the comps in this game. It was one of the most impressive comebacks I have ever seen in computer chess. Even GMR thought he was lost. I assume that GMR was a GM, but they never said who he was. kp
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