Author: José Carlos
Date: 16:37:58 08/08/02
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On August 08, 2002 at 18:01:09, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On August 08, 2002 at 15:28:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 08, 2002 at 00:29:19, Peter McKenzie wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2002 at 22:57:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On August 07, 2002 at 17:59:21, Mig Greengard wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hyatt: >>>>>> >>>>>>I think it will end as close as Kasparov can make it. He won't want to >>>>>>blast the program because of the IBM debacle in 1997 and because he knows >>>>>>the authors/sponsors. That will make it interesting, maybe... >>>>> >>>>>So you think he can score at will against a program that made a 50% score in >>>>>Dortmund two years ago? >>>> >>>>A match is a _far_ different proposition than a tournament. I think he >>>>can draw at will, and probably win at will also. But I'll bet that as soon >>> >>>Win at will?? You have to be joking right? >> >>No. I see GM players draw at will against commercial programs all the time. >>So much that many of the "computer" accounts won't play against the specific >>humans that do this. > >Do you really mean 'draw at will' or do you mean they can draw some games very >easily? To me 'draw at will' means you can draw any game you want to. I really >don't think this is the case, especially when the GM is playing black and the >computer plays 1.e4 :-) With the white pieces maybe a strong GM can almost draw >at will, but here too it is possible for black to play unbalanced positions (of >course with more risk of losing). > >I agree that given the right type of position, a GM can hold the draw easily. >But chess is not so simple that (even) a GM can *always* get the sort of >position he wants! > >"Before the endgame the gods have placed the middlegame." Tarrasch. I like that sentence very much. I think it was also Tarrasch who said "f4 is _always_ premature" :) José C.
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