Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 23:16:34 02/24/05
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On February 25, 2005 at 01:43:26, Roger D Davis wrote: >On February 25, 2005 at 01:34:47, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On February 24, 2005 at 17:42:33, Roger D Davis wrote: >> >>>On February 24, 2005 at 13:56:22, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>This statement at the tournament site is interesting. Is it really stronger >>>>than even the strongest humans? What about postal chess? >>>>Just asking. >>> >>>Just think how many games Kasparov or Anand would have to play versus Hydra in >>>order for the result to be statistically significant...it would have to be some >>>absurd number. And you couldn't make a definitive statement without a >>>statistically significant difference. Yet, as far as I know, neither Kasparov or >>>Anand has played Hydra. >> >> >>Well I don't know how many games it would take to be statistically siginificant >>but if a program could beat either Kasparov/Anand by say 4-0 or maybe 5-1 I >>personally would be convinced. >> > >There would, however, be any number of excuses. Moreover, as you might remember, >Kaspy was down like 6-0 in his first match against Karpov, and came back to win. >But a 4-0 win which definitely raise confidence in Hydra, and set the stage for >a big money rematch. > >Roger Kasparov did not come back to win his match against Karpov. The match was stopped by fide. Kasparov won the next match. Regards Tony
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