Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 05:22:59 11/18/02
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On November 18, 2002 at 07:31:14, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 18, 2002 at 06:49:30, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>Nowaday with a piece down against the top five programs Kasparov would never had >>a chance. >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=603 > >It is possible to beat the top programs with a piece down. >I believe that humans have no problem to beat top programs without a knight if >you give them the right to take back moves. > >I think that it may be interesting to do a tournament of humans against machines >with the following conditions: > >1)humans can choose to give the machine handicap of a pawn or more than it(they >do it by using the initial position when white does not have part of the >material). > >2)The machines use exactly 10 seconds per move(the games that were played in the >kasparov case were blitz) > >3)In every round the humans have time of 12 hours to try to beat the machine >with the maximal handicap that they succeed. > >4)Human get points in every round based on the maximal value of the material >handicap that they can give the machine and still not to lose against it. >If they draw they get 1/2 point less than if they win. > >Examples: > >a)If they do not succeed to draw or win the machine without material they get 0 >points > >b)if they can beat the machine without the rook a1 and the pawn h2 they get >5+1=6 points. > >c)If they draw against the machine without rook and a pawn they get only >6-0.5=5.5 points. > >5)machines get negative points and the sum of the points of both sides is 0. > >I expect GM's to be able to get more than 3 points against most of the top chess >programs in these conditions. > >It may be interesting to find out what is the best machine against humans in >these conditions. > >We only need a sponsor to organize this tournament. > >Uri It depends on the position you start from. Marc
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