Author: José Carlos
Date: 17:28:07 08/08/02
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On August 08, 2002 at 19:42:03, Dann Corbit wrote: >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 Two more (free translation from spanish): "I've never beaten a healthy opponent" (Em. Lasker) "Every rook ending with a pawn up is drawn; every pawn ending with a pawn down is lost" (I don't remember the author). José C.
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