Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 08:37:13 08/05/03
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hi shrerry: this type of guesswork is merely an academic exercise: the outcome depeds a lot upon the conditions of a match: eg the deep blue match was clearly unfair to kasparov: he had no knowledge whatsoever about how deep blue evaluated in various positions: the fritz vs k and the junior vs kasparov matches on the other hand were loaded completely against the programmes:i dont think it is fair that each of them had a copy of the final version months before the match: as every one knows a computers moves are reproducible: and a computer savvy gm can quite easily manoevre a comp into a certain position: what would "in my opinion" be fair is: the software should not be available to the gm although he could use earlier versions of the software to test: the gm should be allowed to see how a computer evaluates certain positions of his choice wih all the evaluation lines etc: should have access to several hundred games played by the comp against other comps or alternatively be allowed to play a few tune up games or positions himself against the computer in order to familiarise himself with the playing style (this could be done through a remote server to eliminate any chances of actually copying the programme and should also be limited to the amount of time he could "practise" against the comp) alternately nominate a human to play a few games against the comp who would then report the comps strengthss and weaknesses to he gm: no restrictions on the use of egtb's no insistence on draws on demand!( ihave seen shredder 704 time and again win against fritz 8 in what appears to be a completely drawn endgame with fritz actually evaluting the position at 0.00 for over 6-7 moves before gradually succumbing. ensure that a computer savvy gm is involved in opening book preparation as well: i'm sure that under these circumstances shredder 704 on a powerful quad would beat peter leko a gm should have access to few hundred games played by the software against
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