Author: Chris Carson
Date: 12:10:38 12/17/02
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On December 16, 2002 at 17:49:08, John Sidles wrote: >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=649 > >Kramnik says: > >> There were not so many games where [Fritz] played strangely. >> In many games it was simply like playing a strong human >> Grandmaster, it was absolutely normal, absolutely human play. >> In game five Fritz played very well, better than any human. >> It seemed almost equal, but it managed to keeping putting >> on this pressure all the time, it kept finding these >> very precise moves, not giving me a chance to get away. >> ... >> You can say Fritz is 2800, but you cannot measure >> it by numbers really. It's very strong, it's very >> very strong. But it depends on many things, especially >> the opening. In some positions, if it gets its positions >> you can make a draw or you can lose, two choices; you >> can never win. In some positions its 3000. Maybe you >> can suffer and make a draw. 10 Kasparovs and 20 Anands >> wouldn't help you in these positions. >> >> So on the average you can say 2800 or a bit more, >> but it matters what you get. If you get a position >> like what I had in game five then no human can fight it. >> But if you get what I had in game two then you have >> a chance. It very much depends on the opening stage. > >I am old enough to remember CCC posts in which people >argued about whether computers can play at grandmaster >level (just three years ago!). What will things be like >another ten years? Nice article. I do think that the programs still have a few holes that experienced players can take advantage (experience and creativity are still human virtues), but it is very hard for even the top players with preparation to take advantage very often. The programmers will take these games and create even stronger programs (fill the holes), plus increased HW speed over the next three years will make for very challenging chess. The machines never tire and never make a mistake (except holes that in the program itself). To Err is human, that is also one of our virtues. I enjoy these contests, I enjoy when the GM makes the machine look silly and vice versa. Enjoy this time, soon the programs will win the vast majority of games and human (GM) wins will be rare (draws/losses will be more likely). Great work to the Fritz team and best of luck/great work to the Junior and Hiarcs teams. Chris Carson
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