Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 23:48:48 04/18/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 02:07:10, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On April 18, 2004 at 23:58:17, Larry Scott wrote: > >> >> A few years ago the famed Eygptologist Dr. Robert Huebner successfully drew a >>match against Deep Fritz6 Running on a Dual pent 800. The match was rather dull, >>Huebner seemed to effortlessly draw the monster fritz. could this be repeated >>today? > > > No computer program will be able to beat a GM if the latter's > aim is only to draw (provided a very boring playing style is used). > Kurt You make an interesting point, although I think playing for a draw is even MORE dangerous for GM's than playing for a win, i'll explain If I am a GM and i'm playing for a WIN, if i blunder, (aslong as its not a huge blunder) I can fall back for a forced draw (hopefully) but if i'm playing just for a draw, and I blunder, i can't really fall back on anything at all, Although programs have no 'initiative' so I agree, most GM's could probably draw most programs, until they blundered at some point,
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