Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:26:04 07/21/03
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On July 21, 2003 at 22:49:24, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On July 21, 2003 at 22:44:28, Sherry Washington wrote: > >>On July 21, 2003 at 22:39:14, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On July 21, 2003 at 22:32:41, Sherry Washington wrote: >>>[snip] >>>> Well Computer Chess is a very broad Subject, I was specifically Discussing the >>>>area of Computer Chess Strength, which I do believe Kasparov would know alot >>>>more in that area then You. Ofcourse the programming aspects you would probally >>>>know alot more then him. >>> >>>Kasparov has made horrible guesses about computer chess strength in the past. I >>>think he is a very bad person to use as an expert. >> >> >>Do you recall one of these "guesses" Kasparov has made in the past about >>computer Chess Strength, inquiring minds want to know. > >http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?307448 > >Once Kasparov was >playing against a program (I don't exactly remember which one), and in reply to >1.e4 he didn't play his usual 1...c5, but instead tried to "surprise" the >machine with 1...e5. When the machine replied instantly (obviously, out of >opening book), the puzzled Kasparov asked "how did you know that I was going to >play this?" From: "The Implications of Kasparov Vs. Deep Blue" COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM August 1997/Vol. 40, No. 8 Yasser Seirawan said: "As a chess grandmaster, I was stunned by the outcome. I expected Kasparov to win and to do so quite easily. Kasparov was poorly prepared for the match and played without an understanding of Deep Blue’s weaknesses." On game 5: MAURICE ASHLEY: "You can't categorize anything. He's trying to put his finger on Deep Blue and it just keeps wiggling and wiggling and he has no idea what's happening now and I must say he must be at least a very confused world champion, and a big game tomorrow where he has to defend the black pieces. We're hoping he will be on the stage shortly, we're checking to see. But this match, I don't remember as hot a match as this one in recent memory." From the ICCA Journal: Kasparov versus Deep Blue: The Re-match Jonathan Schaeffer Department of Computing Science University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2H1 Aske Plaat Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Vrije Universiteit 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands "Why did Kasparov lose? A lot has been written about this, but to the computer chess experts watching the games in New York, several things were obvious. First, Deep Blue played much better than in 1996. The program made fewer errors, and the errors that it did make were less serious. In addition to the increased speed of the machine, it appeared that the extensive tuning by people such as Joel Benjamin played an important role. Second, Kasparov's preparation for the match was poor. He refused to believe that Deep Blue, with its impressive search depths and grandmaster tuning, was capable of playing much better than commercially available programs. Third, Kasparov made some poor choices of openings. He handicapped himself by not playing for the positions that he feels most comfortable in." Kasparov himself (http://www.chesscorner.com/games/deepblue/deepblu.htm): "My whole preparation was a failure because Deep Blue played very differently from what I expected. My preparation was based on some wrong assumptions about its strategy; and when after game 2 it proved to be a disaster, I over-worked myself. I actually spent more energy on the games in this match than for any before in my life. Every game in this match took a lot out of me. There was enormous pressure because I had to keep my eye on every possibility, since I didn't want to miss any single shot." From: http://www.ishipress.com/soltis.htm : 'He said he was forced to play inferior opening lines -- "crap" -- because the machine would be too well prepared for his best weapons.' ... various other well known things like his accusations of human intervention since he could not imagine a computer making a particular move.
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