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Subject: Re: If you left it up to DJ, there would be almost no reason to ever draw !

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 02:55:07 02/15/03

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On February 15, 2003 at 03:41:56, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=799
>
>Thank god we had the possibility to consult with Boris and with DJ on the Backup
>machine when considering a draw.
>
>I don't think you want to see the computer making its own draw decisions. You'd
>have another four or five hours of game, the human falls asleep... The computer
>wins, the humans get angry. I don't think that's what you want to see. Chess is
>a very pragmatic game played over the board, you cannot really isolate a
>position or two for an example. And you have parameters and ethics around these
>matches. Garry tires and the computer doesn't. And you have human objectivity
>that needs to be inserted. We don't want to win and be accused of torturing the
>human in an equal position, but that wasn't the case and it was a great match.
>
>Pichard


 Wise words. Thanks Jorge.

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