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Subject: Re: Mutant Hiarcs 7 vs. GM x

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 22:35:35 02/01/99

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On February 01, 1999 at 23:35:35, Jeff Anderson wrote:

>I am simply saying that it would be no great feat for this program to win, if it
>is nurtured to face one particular GM, when if this same program were to face a
>player inferior to the GM, might do poorer because it has not spent 6 months
>preparing.  As I said before, the master section in a large open tournament
>would be a true test of the program's strength in relation to humans.
>It is like what Kasparov said about Deep Blue after he lost.  He said that Deep
>Blue would get crushed in normal tournament play, because Deep Blue was a
>machine taylored to defeat Gary Kasparov and only Gary Kasparov.
>
>Also, how will Hiarcs get to display its true strength, when someone, for
>example, has prepared theory 30 moves deep in GM x's favorite queen's gambit
>line.  Indeed it could be said if Hiarcs one the match, that it was not due to
>the programs great strength, but to all the preparing humans did before the
>match.
>
>Jeff



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