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Subject: Re: Are we all under estimating X3d Fritz??

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 00:59:42 11/12/03

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On November 12, 2003 at 03:21:46, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 12, 2003 at 03:16:44, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 12, 2003 at 02:11:04, Derek Paquette wrote:
>>
>>>I'm reading through all these posts and watched the games, and something
>>>occurred to me, especially what the CEO of chessbase said, that kasparov was
>>>sent the versions of x3d fritz as they were created...so...
>>>
>>>If chessbase were able to clone kasparov use him, study him, poke holes in his
>>>game, analyse him for hundreds of hours, how well would they do?
>>>
>>>But thats a question we'll never be able to answer, but how about this ,
>>>
>>>If they sent x3d version fritz with the same hardware to a large super
>>>grandmaster tournament, a round robin, where all the players not only had to
>>>prepare for the computer, but other humans, how would it fair?
>>>
>>>I think we are seriously under estimating this beast...
>>>just my opinion of course.
>>>-Derek
>>
>>This is exactly what chessbase want you to believe.
>>
>>I think that all these matches are unimportant matches and it may be better if
>>we ignore them.
>>
>>I do not trust the humans in these match to try to win the matches and I suspect
>>that they believe that draw can give them more money.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I can add that the fact that kasparov got another match after drawing with Fritz
>when Smirin never got another match after beating the machines increase my
>impression(hardware was slower against smirin but time control was also faster
>and the second factor is something that is supposed to help the machines so I
>think that smirin's result is better than kasparov's result and kramnik's
>result).
>
>Players may believe that it is better if they do not win because if they draw
>they have better chances to get another match.
>
>Uri


What I always say. Let the programs play regular matches and tournaments and you
will see FMs, IMs and GMs adjust their play vs. computers and win.




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