Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 09:35:00 04/13/05
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On April 13, 2005 at 03:01:22, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >>Oh come on. Grandmaster draws happen all the time. Lot of grandmasters don't >>play aggressively with the black pieces, and just try to equalize. That's >>because they know they're starting with a disadvantage with the black pieces. >>The guy who drew this game definitely started with a disadvantage. Makes good >>chess sense. he got a draw. Now people are talking about it. Or, he could have >>scored a big ZERO. I'll take 1/2 over 0 anyday. > >I think you are missing my point here, GM´s don´t prepare against opponents for >the sole purpose of drawing their games aginst them. > >Most 2100+ players can draw a computer pretty easily if that is their only >objective, so i am not impressed. I think your argument rests on too many assumptions. First, I'm not sure a 2100 player can draw easily against Fritz, shredder, or Junior. Second, I don't think hydra is just any computer. In fact, it's the only one of its kind in existence in the world today, with a unique design.
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