Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:01:28 01/26/03
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On January 26, 2003 at 12:21:04, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On January 26, 2003 at 12:01:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 26, 2003 at 11:39:02, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 2003 at 10:39:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 26, 2003 at 05:30:01, Roger D Davis wrote: >>>> >>>>>>Unless I have misunderstood the contract, this is a modified version of chess to >>>>>>that defined by the standard rules, which nowhere states that because one side >>>>>>knows that the game is drawn with perfect play then it shall be declared a draw >>>>>>- even if the other side does not know or cannot demonstrate it. >>>>> >>>>>Presumably then, Kasparov could show up with his own set of tablebases, and >>>>>consult them during the match? Maybe he has a particular ending he's weak in. Or >>>>>do only Junior's tablebases count? >>>> >>>> >>>>Kasparov can show up with anything he wants, "in his head". The computer is >>>>doing exactly the same. >>> >>>'Exactly' is exactly the delusion in CC. >>> >>>Rolf Tueschen >> >>There is no delusion on my part in CC. There is _great_ delusion in what >>a human can (and does) do when playing chess, by "some" of course... > >Correct. And therefore my question about fairness... That was my "delusion" >here. > >Rolf Tueschen Fairness is impossible. How to equalize a human and a computer? Absolutely no way to answer that question. So we end up with a competition and nothing more. To start the handicapping nonsense is simply a pointless argument that won't go anywhere. It never has.
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