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Subject: Re: Microcomputers vs. Grandmasters

Author: Matt Frank

Date: 16:30:09 01/29/99

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>I do not like the Internet solution for the GMs. What is to prevent a highly
>motivated GM from running the program at the same time in order to determine in
>each position the program's main PV and plan accordingly?
>
>Hard to control. The GMs should all be in one location where the games can be
>watched.
>
>Running the programs from the Internet is less of a problem. What are you going
>to cheat with, another program? Faster hardware?
>
>KarinsDad

I think the internet still is a viable option when you consider that the event
could be reported live over the internet (with the GMs under observation during
a game in one location). Of course the ground rules would have to be established
so as to avoid cheating, yet still protecting the dignity of the GMs, bathroom
breaks, food, beverages, etc., as they would recieve during human versus human
tournaments or matches.

Btw, on another post you mentioned that Deep Blue ran on about 64000 MHZ and you
implied that we are far from accomplishing that with PCs and therefore catching
Kasparov with micros is a distant dream. I dare say that the present (top of the
line software, Hiarcs 7 Fritz 5.32, etc.) software designed to run on
contemoprary PCs is much better designed compared to Deep Blue's software fit
to take advantage of it's computing power. After all these computer programers
have been working for many years in ahighly competitive environment, working
with machines that they understand very well, compared to the Deep Blue
experiment, which utilized cutting edge parallel processing hardware running at
enourmous sppeds with software designers not having to compete with business
competitors.

Matt Frank



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