Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:31:56 11/27/03
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On November 27, 2003 at 09:16:00, Lei , Shiann-Tzong wrote: > >An interview with vladimir kramnik after his 2002 match with fritz >============================================================================= > >You are one of the few people on the planet who knows what it is like to be >2800. Is Fritz really 2800? > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >You can say Fritz is 2800, but you cannot measure it by numbers really. It's >very strong, it's very very strong. But it depends on many things, especially >the opening. In some positions, if it gets its positions you can make a draw or >you can lose, two choices; you can never win. In some positions its 3000. Maybe >you can suffer and make a draw. 10 Kasparovs and 20 Anands wouldn't help you in >these positions. > >So on the average you can say 2800 or a bit more, but it matters what you get. >If you get a position like what I had in game five then no human can fight it. >But if you get what I had in game two then you have a chance. It very much >depends on the opening stage. So, we finally come back to the issue: "How much do good opening books help chess-playing programs?" Will there ever be a resolution to this issue? Bob D.
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