Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 07:58:36 02/25/05
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On February 25, 2005 at 06:26:37, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On February 25, 2005 at 06:16:39, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On February 25, 2005 at 02:16:34, Tony Nichols wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>kasparov won 3 games in the match and the match was stopped because karpov >>wanted to stop it. >> >>It is clear that karpov felt that he simply cannot win that match(otherwise he >>could continue the match). >> >>Uri > >I think you got this wrong. If my memory don't try to fool me, both players >wanted to continue but the arbiter stoped the match (health problem by Karpov). >It was said this was an advantage for Karpov but anyhow he wanted to continue. > >Odd Gunnar You wouldn't expect Karpov to say publically, "Hey, thanks for stopping the match, it was looking pretty bad for me there."
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