Author: George Sobala
Date: 23:56:46 01/30/03
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On January 30, 2003 at 20:57:58, Mark Young wrote: >A common theme has developed in human verses computer matches. We see again as >with Deep Fritz verses GM Kramnik and Deeper Blue verses GM Kasparov the human >player playing strong chess at the beginning of the match, seemingly invincible. > >Only to succumb to the machine as the match progresses, it seems the wear and >tear on the human mind even for the best chess players is too much. Even with >rest days when playing against the never tiring computer. It seems likely if >this pattern holds for this match that a computer running on a micro computer >would if given the chance defeat any human player in the world in a world >championship style format match of 16 or 24 games. It is quite clear from the Kramnik and Kasparov matches that players of World Champion quality understand chess vastly better than the best programs, but are hampered by human weaknesses such as tiredness etc. The comps only "think" at perhaps 2500 level, but do so consistently and without tiring. There have been plenty of similar "slips" in previous World Championship games human v human, but by that stage of the game the opponent has been tired and in time trouble and has blundered equally frequently. Perhaps in a decade or so we will still see man v machine matches, but by then these will be correspondence games! And the comps will lose.
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