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Subject: Re: ICCF GM Nickel vs. 6 engines updated (first result Pluto-Nickel 1/2:1/2)

Author: Bryan Hofmann

Date: 03:28:58 02/28/04

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On February 27, 2004 at 18:44:23, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 27, 2004 at 18:17:18, Bryan Hofmann wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2004 at 18:11:39, Derek Paquette wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, I am a littel confused?
>>>
>>>These engines are code named so he doesn't know which engine he is playing
>>>exactly? or?
>>>
>>>what exactly is going on,
>>
>>Same here, but I do know this Nickel is not a GM level player OTB
>>http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=4623703
>
>Totally unimportant.

Your opion.

>
>The games are to check if strong correspondence players with the aid of
>computers can beat computers.

If this is a Cyborg match then the human part of the equation makes a big
difference as to his rating in OTB. The human is the one making the choice for
the move.


>
>Note that Arno nickel does not use many computers to analyze so the opponents
>computer opponent have time advanatage and to make the task harder arno nickel
>also does not know the names of the chess programs that he is playing so he
>cannot prepare against specific program unless he guess correctly the opponent.

Makes no difference if it is 1 or 50 programs used to analyze the next move. The
bottom line is the human is making the choice thus his OTB skills are a
determining factor of the outcome.


>
>Uri



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