Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 07:07:30 04/16/04
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On April 16, 2004 at 10:02:10, Sam Lloyd wrote: >On April 16, 2004 at 09:00:36, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>First it was Deep Fritz against Kramnik then Deep Junior versus Kasparov, >>nothing but to boring draw matches. It is about time for us to see the strongest >>chess program Shredder 8 accomplishing what Deep Blue did back in 1997 against >>Kasparov. >> >>Jorge > >Do you remeber GM Smirin, he won his match against four commercial chess >programs? > >He drew all his games except with Shredder 6, he squeezed it to death. >Shredder wasn't any weaker than the rest, it was important with White to get the >win, and stay 1 point ahead. > >Shredder 8 is stronger, but remeber, Smirin is 2700, not 2800. Kramnik or >Kasparov didn't have to win, I think they wanted to win but not badly enough. > >Those dull draws had winning potential, but were never pressed home for the >point with all the might Kramnik or Kasparov had. Kramnik wanted to be fancy and >it cost him the win with a deep but unsound N sac on f7, when the simple Bd5! >would have made Fritz bleed. > >Kasparov had a win against Junior with Rxc3,(after blowing 2 wins) but when >everyone was saying go Kasparov, he turned around and requested a draw, it was >the last game and he had Black, he played it safe. Kramnik did the same by >offering draws in his last 2 games, he played it safe after trying to work a >miracle, that blew up in his face. > >In fact these matches were not dull at all, but for us disappointing. Even more >so when Kramnik and Kasparov clearly stood better. >That, coupled with some unusual errors on their part left the matches drawn. > >Remove the stupid errors and everyone would say, "Look, these programs are no >match for these men!" > > Clearly, if you want someone to win, you must pick very strong, hungry players, >with no reservations, and give them real incentive to win, not draw. > >Terry Welcome back Terry !
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