Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 08:00:39 10/09/02
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i think your conclusion is wrong. your mistake is that you don't ask yourself WHY fritz leads the ssdf-list. Fritz is NOT leading it, because it knows much about chess. And it is not WINNING against humans (low ELO) because it knows much about chess, but because it searches that deep. WE judge that Fritz is the strongest, or stronger than others, because we see the ssdf-results. and we believe that a chess programm beating all others is also the strongest. IMO this is a senseless measuring. Because in the case of the match between kramnik and fritz, the lack of fritz knowledge is confronted with the big chess-knowledge of kramnik. its clear that when kramnik can direct the game this way the search depth of fritz has nothing to do, it can break through with his superior knowledge. IMO other chess programs like Rebel, Hiarcs8, Shredder, even oldie Mchess or others would have played different and better. A human player is always impressed when a computer is good in the field he himself thinks he is very good. so for a chessplayer good in tactics, one should choose a chess program that is good in tactics too. this will impress the human beeing and make him problems. for a chessplayer good in positional, one must choose a chess program that plays good in positional. We make the mistake to believe that the ssdf delivers us with ABSOLUTE results. The mistake is to believe that the ELO and the performance fritz gets against computer-programs is 100% the same as the ELO of Kramnik. But this is not the case. strength is not strength. Elo number is not = Elo number. Although shredder and hiarcs8 and others might lose against Fritz in a match on our autoplayers, they must not be weaker against kramnik than fritz is. Because their strength is in the same area than kramniks strength is. while fritz has a lack here. of course shredder and hiarcs do not know as much about positional and chess than kramnik does, but they run on a fast hardware. and would reach IMO a better result than fritz does. if you have a sports car, that is made for fast speed on the motorway, you don't drive with it where no roads are, in the forrest or on the beach. if you drive a jeep, you will be better than the sports car on the beach and where no roads are and in the forrest, but the sports car will be better on the motorway. now WHO is better ?? sports car or jeep ? You cannot say this. the sports car drives faster, it is fritz. but the jeep has bigger tires, it has 4-wheels-drive and is better in the forrest when it is very muddy. the same is with chess programs. ssdf measures the motorway strength. there a sports car like fritz (slim core, less knowledge = small weight of a sports car, much PS) wins. but drive with it into a muddy forret with trees lying in front of you and the sports car has no chance. Maybe you get the point. don't be too much disapointed. computerchess is not dying. its only that chessbase chose the wrong program.
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