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Subject: Re: in some cases humans are much better in tactics than computers

Author: Thomas Lagershausen

Date: 11:00:02 08/07/04

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On August 07, 2004 at 12:12:57, Ingo Bauer wrote:

>On August 07, 2004 at 08:51:51, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>[D]3r2rk/3n1pp1/2p1b2p/3q3P/pp1PNQ2/2P2P2/PP6/KB4RR w - - 0 29
>>
>>In this speedchessgame in round two of the fide-wcc 2004 the IM Neelotpal
>>(2457)found with 29.Rg1-g6 !! with the thread to sacrifice the rook on h6 the
>>strongest move to show that white is not(!) worse in this position.
>>
>>I bet that every computer of the world wouldn´t have found this in a compareable
>>time.
>
>If SMK would compile his S8 with a value of 55 or lower as default you would
>lose that bet!
>Depending on what you consider comparable the value might be a bit higher or
>lower.
>
>Considering the human player as better because he find it in "normal" style is
>not valid because he might not find 99% of all the other tactical positions that
>Shredder will find in "normal" style.
>
>Bye
>Ingo Bauer
>
>PS: Of course this would be right for many other engines!

My bet was more a question to the community as a real bet.

As you know i love Shredder, because it is unbelievable what this chessprogram
is able to do. i hope SMK will be the first with his prograam which beat the
strongest player of the world in a serious match. No one deserves this more than
SMK.

TL



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