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

Author: Gordon Rattray

Date: 00:08:36 01/23/03

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On January 22, 2003 at 17:08:52, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:

>On January 22, 2003 at 13:18:07, Gordon Rattray wrote:
>
>>On January 22, 2003 at 13:03:54, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>The machine has it's advantages, the man has his.  How is that lame?  It is the
>>>nature of man/machine contest.  The machine can play perfect endgames, but is a
>>>moron in closed positions.  The human is brilliant in closed positions, but
>>>plays imperfect endgames.
>>>
>>>Is it not wrong to cripple one side's advantages?
>>
>>
>>Well said.  I agree entirely.
>>
>>It's either a "man versus machine" match or it's not.  And if it's the former,
>>why do people get upset at a machine being a machine and a human being a human?!
>> I'd like to think the contest is a comparison of strengths and weaknesses, but
>>not if the machine's strengths are being taken away from it.
>
>What about the machine weaknesses that are taken away?

Which weaknesses do you mean? And how are they taken away?

Gordon

>
>Miguel
>
>>
>>Gordon
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Matt
>>
>>[snip]



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