Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:05:32 07/20/03
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On July 20, 2003 at 04:55:39, stuart taylor wrote: >On July 19, 2003 at 22:14:49, Jihun Lee wrote: > >>On July 19, 2003 at 22:07:45, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>> So why on earth does it have to be Kramnik or Kasparov to play these machines in public? << >> >>Because Kasparov and Kramnik are the Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant (or whoever >>your favorite players) of Chess. For a chess player, Kasparov is pretty well >>known and the fact that they are the two highest ratest players make the matches >>seem more dramatic. Come on now, we've discussed this many times before... > >But we havn't had a clear suggestion as to who would clearly do better. >Well, I am suggesting Omid from CTF,CCC. Or am I wrong? > >The fact that there might be a few big GM's who might possibly get half a point >more than Kasparov or Kramnik was never such a funny idea, but Omid? 70%? > >Don't worry about about being "toasted" in open positions, I didn't understand >that Kasp. or Kram. allowed such positions either. >S.Taylor The computer may not allow the opening that it allows in comp-comp games. I am also not sure that better hardware cannot help Junior. It is possible that a program can still find good moves with wrong evaluation. The important thing is to evaluate which move is better and if the proram also overevaluate it's chances with the right moves then it may choose the right moves. Uri
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