Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:58:38 02/01/99
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On February 01, 1999 at 13:21:32, Matt Frank wrote: >On February 01, 1999 at 11:28:55, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On February 01, 1999 at 11:04:01, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 1999 at 22:52:05, Matt Frank wrote: >>> >>>>Any comments, suggestions, or criticisms about any of this are welcome. >>>> >>>>Sincerely, >>>>Matt Frank >>> >>>Hello Matt, >>>I like the idea. I believe there is a tremendous interest in this happening. I >>>beleive you have put the computer at a disadvantage by tipping your hand so >>>early. I think it would have been smarter to keep the name of the >>>program/hardware secret until the match. Hiarcs is a nice program but others >>>are in the same class and it would have been benificial to keep the program >>>secret until the event. Allowing the GM 5 months to prepare for a program is >>>giving him a big advantage. That's a mistake the Deep Blue team did not make. >>>(Make it available for him to practice against) >>>Jim Walker >>I think in the name of fairness, the name of the program should be released. A >>special opening book could be prepared for a particular GM. For instance, it >>would not be difficult to put in every move that a certain GM has played and >>analyze the heck out of it. Then, for that GM's favorite moves, you have a lot >>of advanced preparation. So the computer would have an advantage. But if the >>GM has the same opportunity to explore the weaknesses of the program, then I >>think that is more fair. > >I totally agree, and that is precisely what the GM and I have talked about. In >all fairness he should have access to any Hiarcs 7 games that he can get his >hands on, and I will get Hiarcs 7 to analyze the heck out of each of his games. >Further, I anticipate that Hiarcs 7 will have explored additional openings >besides the prepared opening book library provided by the programmers. Once the >GMs name is revealed I will put out an all points bulletin for games by the GM >that may not be available to me through my commercial sources :-) . > >Sincerely, >Matt Frank Hello again Matt, Well, good luck with your experiment. As I said, I personally would like to see match with both sides unprepared. That is as the program comes off the shelf. I believe if you took the top 3/4 programs and played them at random so the GM would not know who he is playing then it would save all this prep time for you and give an indication of how the programs are doing "right out of the box". Of course, it's your show and I wish you luck no matter what. Jim Walker
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