Author: Uri Blass
Date: 10:41:07 08/05/03
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On August 05, 2003 at 11:37:13, Rajen Gupta wrote: >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: deeper blue also had no knowledge about evaluation of kasparov 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: Kasparov had no copy of of the final version before the match and I think that we should ignore the matches of kramnik and kasparov when the humans chose not to win the matches. 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 Does it mean that leko can also use them? Uri
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