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Subject: Re: Strength of the engine in chess programs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:05:46 05/23/02

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On May 23, 2002 at 16:59:02, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On May 23, 2002 at 16:34:04, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On May 23, 2002 at 14:20:09, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On May 23, 2002 at 13:41:05, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Kramnik wants FRITZ (sic!) 6 months in advance and some more rules. The FRITZ
>>>>even Eduard Nemeth with Elo 2100 can beat almost at will? Strange.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I thought Eduard was quite a bit stronger than 2100.  Also, I'm pretty sure he
>>>canNOT beat Fritz 7 "almost at will".  He can win more games against it than
>>>might be predicted by his rating, and far more than most humans can, but I think
>>>he would be the first to tell you that he loses a lot of games against it too.
>>
>>
>>Roy, that's true. Two points.
>>
>>1. Do you believe that Kasparov would lose a game against Fritz at all? I mean
>>not in a match or in public for some PR, there even POCKET Fritz drew with Leko.
>>I mean in real. And no Blitz or fast controls. Although Eddie wins 5, 10, 20, 30
>>minutes games. I have seen about 100 games in total.
>>
>
>
>I believe Fritz 7b running on a fast PC can indeed win *some* 40/2 games against
>Kasparov, unless Kasparov always plays for a draw.  I believe Kasparov would win
>a lot more games than Fritz would, if the match were of any significant length.
>
>


I believe Frans would be happy to win one of every 10 games at 40/2hr.  Of
course it would take a lot of money to get Kasparov to invest that kind of
effort into a bunch of games as well...



>>2. If Fritz and Junior are presented as 2700 machines a little hot air might be
>>allowed in my position too, only into the opposite direction to inspire
>>thinking. It's not so funny if here except Dr. Hyatt nobody showed interest in
>>my thought experiment with the 5 human GM in a group who trained on the "new"
>>chess directly designed for computers. In that case only I believe the computers
>>fall down to 2200-2350. Instead everybody is happy to declare that I must be
>>wrong with such numbers. BTW I must read the old posts you have written about
>>the topic before my time. The offline readers are not yet very comfortable,
>>alas.
>>
>>Rolf Tueschen
>
>
>My estimates were around 2550, which is halfway between your 2350 number and the
>2750 some claim.


That is in line with my estimate for computers as well...  assuming that the
opponents play the computer rather than the board.


>
>But it's not my estimates that matter, it's the concept of uncertainty.  IMHO,
>nobody can be really certain of the true strength of these machines yet.  Only
>when GMs have spent a few years with them as frequent opponents can we start to
>know the computers' real strength.
>
>I think most GMs over 30 or 35 may already be too old to "re-wire" their neurons
>to the different approaches required (e.g., avoiding all possible tactical
>inaccuracies at all costs, even if it means forgoing certain promising
>strategies) against computers as opposed to the approaches they've spent years
>and years refining against humans.

I disagree there.  Roman has "rewired" and wrecks computers right and left
at blitz time controls on ICC.

Others do it to.  They are slowly adapting...




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