Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:42:03 08/08/02
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On August 08, 2002 at 19:37:58, José Carlos wrote:
>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" :)
A list of quotes:
http://thechesshaven.homestead.com/Qoutes.html
Of which my favorite is:
"When I'm white, I win because I am white. When I am black
I win because I am Bogulyubov."
- E. Bogulyubov
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