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Subject: Re: Deep Junior Beta Vs The Ex Champion and Best Player Ever !

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 04:16:21 01/25/03

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On January 25, 2003 at 07:04:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On January 25, 2003 at 06:51:01, Frank Phillips wrote:
>
>>Rules (extract):
>>
>>The machine must display its evaluation.
>>
>>Whenever the machine displays an evaluation in favour of the human player then
>>the game shall be declared a win for the human player.
>
>What if Kasparov wins a piece and DJ beta displays a negative score during the
>next 28 moves, will they stop the match and declare Kasparov the winner; but DJ
>later on could see a forcing mate with a piece down way after the 28th move ?
>
>Pichard
>
>>Whenever the machine displays an evaluation equivalent to a draw score then of
>>the human player may chose the draw or play on and chose the draw at any future
>>move.
>>
>>Should the machine display a winning value in favour of itself then all energy
>>supplies must be isolated from the parts of the machine involved in playing
>>chess, but the computer clock must continue to record the time used by the
>>computer.
>>
>>In the above situation, should the human's clock fall before that of the
>>computer, then the game shall be declared a draw, unless the human can cause
>>enough fuss so that enough people believe (ie the human player) that the human
>>would have won should the game have continued when the human shall be judged to
>>be the winner.
>>
>>Should the machine at any time play a move that in the opinion of the human was
>>unexpected and uncharacteristic of a machine, then the machine shall immediately
>>forfit that game.
>>
>>In the event that the human does not win the match, then the human shall not be
>>declared the loser and the match declared void.  Possible justifications for
>>this include, the human was tired, someone else played the moves - not the
>>computer, the rules where obviously in the machine's favour...  The human will
>>need to provide any proof to substantiate these claims; handwaving, vauge
>>generalisation,opinion polls and the opinions of those who know little, or
>>preferrably nothing, computer chess shall be sufficient.
>>
>>Footnote:  Should the human beat the machine then this will prove conculsively
>>that Deep Blue cheated in the historic match in 19xx. Should the machine win,
>>then this will prove that it is better than Deep Blue in 19xxx, since obviously
>> Deep Blue cheated in that match to beat the human and would otherwise have
>>lost.
>>
>>
>>Simply could not resist. Ex champ versus hamstrung computer. I remember the days
>>when they would have taken on a bunch of them in a simul.  How things change.
>>As far as I can tell the difference in prize money for human win or loss is
>>minimal.  So what is the issue.
>>
>>Frank



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