Author: Peter Hegger
Date: 07:02:55 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 08:31:07, Graham Laight wrote: >Firstly, the applet on the chessbase website broke down at move 25 - which was >inconvenient to say the least. > >More importantly though is that watching the crushing way that Kramnik is >destroying Fritz is simply too depressing - I can't take another day like >yesterday. Kramnik made Fritz look stupid in game 3, though we know that Fritz is anything but stupid. Here is an amazingly strong program that can beat 99.9999% of all chess players yet (and dare I say it) Kramnik seems to be able to beat it at will. Almost any game that Kramnik plays is a virtuoso performance. He is one of those rare players like Kasparov or Fischer, that have that uncanny, almost supernatural talent for placing the right piece on the right square at the right time. Having the program before the match undoubtedly helped Kramnik, but I think in any case it would still be a mis-match. As strong as Fritz is, it's still a class below Kramnik. But I'll be watching tomorrow. Anything can happen. Peter >Even at move 25 (when chessbase coverage broke), it was obvious, even to me, >that Kramnik's positional advantage was absolutely overwhelming. > >Fritz seems to be unable to put up any sort of serious fight. It's like watching >a 10 year old kid in the boxing ring with Lennox Lewis. Yes, after 28. Rb1 things got real ugly real quick. >Tomorrow, I shall simply look at the result in the evening - long after the game >is over. > >I still regard Fritz as a superb computer for playing humans - but I realise now >that ABSOLUTELY NO computer program on the SSDF list could give Kramnik a game >under the conditions of this match. >So sorry Fritz - you'll have to do without me tomorrow - but best of luck! > >-g
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