Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 04:18:27 05/08/04
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On May 08, 2004 at 04:34:40, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>>You are absulutely right. >>>It is obvious that humans already solved chess so they know if a move is a >>>blunder or not a blunder so you can be sure that all the question marks are >>>correct. >>> >>>It is also obvious that the number of mistakes is what decides the game so if >>>your opponent did 2 mistakes you can let yourself to do one mistake like letting >>>him to force mate and you are not going to lose. >>> >>>:_( >>> >>>Uri >> >>You know, Uri, I have never seen you do anything but post how other people are >>wrong (never with any reasons of course). Many other people have noticed your >>unending flood of negativity. It is difficult to consider this post as anything >>other than a flame. It appears I am going to have to take off the kid gloves >>and dispose of you. > >Isn't it natural to only post if you disagree? > >Anyway, I suspect Uri has a point. >It's not unusual for computers to play "unatural" moves, just think of the >Hedgehog Junior played against Kasparov. > >All the time the GM's were saying how strange Junior's moves were, how "it >showed no understanding of the position" blah blah blah. > >So please explain why Kasparov suddenly had to fight for a draw after 10 >questionmark moves from Junior! > >-S. I never thought this day would come - but I agree with Uri here. :-) Sports aren't about beautiful play. Sports are about winning. If someone is playing ugly, and winning, then it's your sense of aesthetics which needs to be reviewed. Computers have a long history of winning ugly. In the recent Fritz-Kasparov and Junior-Kasparov matches, the machines made many many more "mistakes" (according to human opinion) than Kasparov. But - if these mistakes aren't punished - are they really mistakes? Is it a mistake to leave Shaq wide open for three point shots? (Or send him to the line for "free" throws?) It's impossible to speak about objectivity here. You can only look at the results. Vas
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