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Subject: Re: Kasparov - Deep Junior: and tablebases draw rule

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 11:07:39 01/22/03

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On January 22, 2003 at 12:44:02, Sune Fischer wrote:

>No because the table bases are identical "in" all programs.
>It has nothing to do with Junior, you might as well use TSCP with tb support.

TSCP would never live to see tablebases.


>There is no creativity or computation when it's hitting the tables.

So are you against hash tables too? No creativity or computation there either...


>To ask Garry to play against perfection is a rediculous demand, I can tell you
>now the tables are stronger, "hands down". What is there to prove by this, that
>Garry can't play perfect? You want to humiliate him because he is not God?
>Lame to the core.

The problem is that not everyone shares your view Sune. You realize that no
human can compete with tablebases consistently. 99.9% of the rest of the world
does not. I'd like to see a computer get to use anything and everything at it's
disposal, and then have a match with the best human, and see what happens. The
problem is that the general population thinks that is happening, and they are
misled. Kasparov can get a win, and then turn almost every game into a draw and
wait to hit TB's, and then all humans will rejoice together proclaiming our
superiority over computers, and it simply isn't true anymore. You know
that...but most don't.



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