Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 16:37:11 10/05/04
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On October 05, 2004 at 18:07:20, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On October 05, 2004 at 14:14:13, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On October 05, 2004 at 11:40:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On October 05, 2004 at 03:25:32, Jouni Uski wrote: >>> >>>>Where is all the discussion?? >>>> >>>>There are different dates for games, but start date seems to be 8.10. And after >>>>4 days we know the truth about computers playing level. >>>> >>>>Jouni >>> >>>How will we know the "truth" after these games, when we apparently don't know >>>the "truth" after all the previous human/computer games??? >> >> >>What truth are we referring about? My only conclusion is that computers tactics >>are so strong nowadays that any strategic advantage that the human GM might have >>over them simply balanced out. > > Actually the advantage that computers have against humans at tactics, is not >the reason for the balance you say. It is a reason but not the main. The most >important factor for being equal with humans (GMs) is their "ability" not to >make mistakes (or anyway, to make little one's) and definitely not to blunder, >in comparison to human beings that of course can't avoid them...... Good comment. Correspondence chess players have shown that they can see the tactics as well as computers. The computers are a little faster, that's all. Also, computers are "cold-blooded" machines - - they don't feel emotional stress, catch influenza, or get distracted by noise. And, you are correct, they almost never blunder (other than the occasional null-move problem).
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