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Subject: Re: An interview with vladimir kramnik after his 2002 match with fritz

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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