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Subject: Re: Deep Junior is better even if it is slower than Deeper Blue !

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 15:00:32 01/28/03

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On January 27, 2003 at 21:15:52, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 27, 2003 at 15:38:14, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On January 27, 2003 at 15:01:00, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On January 27, 2003 at 11:36:28, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 27, 2003 at 10:57:26, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>[snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>When did Junior ever "remember" the table bases?
>>>>>
>>>>>When did Frenzee ever remember the Ruy Lopez?  Same issue, yes?  But I don't see
>>>>>you arguing that opening books are unfair, a la Rolf Tueschen.
>>>>
>>>>That doesn't mean I don't agree with Rolf :)
>>>>
>>>>I just think it is possible to put a bit more of the engine personality into the
>>>>book, for instance with learning. If you win against a higher rated player,
>>>>remember this position as good, if you lose to a lower rated player don't play
>>>>this again.
>>>>
>>>>However, you can see clearly from the discussions going on here that the book is
>>>>not perceived as being part of Junior, statements like: "Junior was lost out of
>>>>book" clearly distinguishes the engine "Junior" from the book _used_ by Junior.
>>>>It is as though Junior didn't lose, it was the book that lost the game on behalf
>>>>of Junior! This is also the natural way to think, it really is two very
>>>>different pieces of software.
>>>
>>>I don't agree.  I have heard _many_ humans say "I got into a lost position from
>>>the book line I played."  Did they play the line, did they remember it, or did
>>>they do _both_???
>>
>>
>>Surely you didn't hear GM talk this way becauase it would be a contradiction in
>>itself because GM don't have books. They have analyses. But these are not books
>>yet. Of course GM remember their analyses but at least it's their stuff.
>>
>
>I have heard the following:
>
>1.  I did not remember the sequence of moves correctly, bungled the order, and
>played into a lost position.  (Kasparov, round 6, 1997 vs deep blue).  Implies
>he played _moves_ from memory.  Not something he had "learned" by playing the
>games himself.
>
>2.  I overlooked that reply in my home-analysis I had prepared, and ended up
>in a lost position.  This has been stated by _many_ GM players over the years,
>after they were "out-booked" by their opponent's pre-tournament or pre-match
>preparation.
>
>3.  My opponent had done his homework and hit me with a TN I had not seen
>before, leaving me in a terrible position.
>
>Etc...

Heard or read? Anyway I don't buy that. That is a chapter of research that
hasn't been written yet. They don't talk too much abot this.


>
>
>>
>>>
>>>I don't think the line is that sharp between book and engine, particularly when
>>>there
>>>is "learning" involved.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The same applies to the egtbs, Junior wouldn't be winning, the egtbs would be.
>>>
>>>Suppose Junior had the code to _build_ the egtbs built in?  What then?
>>>
>>>Suppose the EGTBs could be built on the fly, on demand, while the program was
>>>running.  What then?
>>
>>
>>Suppose the engine would create a new engine on the fly - say Junior would give
>>birth to Fritz on the fly. Then Kasparov could really take the train back to
>>Moscow. BTW I announce copyright for that idea in CC! Why should that be
>>impossible? Could a Grandmaster NOT change his personality in the middle of a
>>game??? Aha! Bingo. QED. 500000$$$ please.
>>
>>
>
>Sure they can.  Kramnik did.  It backfired.  Kasparov did.  It backfired.

No, also here I doubt that they tried it. Playing a "new" opening does't mean
that change of personality we know from CC.

Since I read that someone said that Kasparov played a new opening on Sunday let
me say that Kasparov played the opening with both colours.

Rolf Tueschen



>
>>:)
>>
>>
>>Rolf Tueschen
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>However I must agree (I guess) that "the machine" is all of the above, so
>>>>depends on what you want from the match. I think Kasparov wanted to play Junior
>>>>and not the egtbs, so for that reason I think the rules are fine.
>>>>
>>>>-S.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>:)
>>>>>Matt



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