Author: martin fierz
Date: 16:59:16 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 17:56:14, Roy Eassa wrote: >On October 08, 2002 at 17:25:30, martin fierz wrote: > >>On October 08, 2002 at 14:07:17, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>Knowing that Kramnik had plenty of practice against Deep Fritz and he probably >>>knows what DF would play after a certain opening, or at least has an idea of >>>most of Deep Fritz weakness by now. If the programs were swap after this game to >>>Deep Junior instead of DF. What would you say that the outcome would be. >> >>the same, most likely. note that kramnik is NOT playing the typical >>anti-computerchess that we all know, with blocked positions and king attacks. he >>is playing exactly the same chess he used to beat kasparov, who is the >>calculating monster among humans. >> >>kramnik is exploiting the weaknesses of deep fritz, but these are weaknesses of >>ALL computer programs (find me one program which prefers an active defence in >>game 2! e.g. Rc8 instead of Kd7 @ move 34). i have seen nothing in these games >>which suggests that it is prepared specifically for DF. kramnik is playing "his" >>openings, as usual (so the fritz book team is prepared for this), with some >>small twists to take the computer out of book. and into "boring" positions. this >>strategy would work against any computer. >> >>a few people (bob & co) have been saying time and again that the programs have >>huge weaknesses and all it takes is a strong player motivated enough to find >>them and exploit them. now we have the strongest player of all, motivated by a >>million bucks (or 400'000 + honor, since that is the difference between winning >>and losing this match), and so far, he is proving the point. >>of course, there are 5 more games, and fritz may still come back. also, even if >>fritz loses 2-6, it will have a performance of 2600. >> >>i really hope kramnik keeps the pressure up, because with a 2-point lead it >>would be very easy for him to just lean back and relax and start thinking about >>how to spend that 1'000'000 dollars! >> >>aloha >> martin > > >The tsunami of sanity from Hawaii! thx :-) unfortunately not for long from hawaii any more :-( aloha martin
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