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Subject: Re: The truth about chess programs

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 03:25:11 04/22/05

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On April 22, 2005 at 06:10:40, Pablo Ignacio Restrepo wrote:

>Hello Tony.
>
>"Ego"  and  "Ignorance"  are  the real problem.
>But not just the "ego" of top chessplayers, there are many kind of ego here:
>1- The "ego" of the traditional or old orthodox chess concepts.
>2- The "ego" of the tradicional sport journalist.
>3- The "ego" of the tradicional chess federation.
>4- The "ego" of the tradicional chess experts.
>5- The "ego" of the tradicional computer experts.
>6- The "ego" of the tradicional money power, hardware factories, etc.
>
>But there are too many "ignorance" here, becouse expert have builted a gigant
>mistake into comun people or lectors of the news.
>
>Chess engines are as a gigant dragon ...... If you are going to go at the combat
>against the dragon and you are going to attack the dragon doing what dragon know
>how to do,  you are going to be lost.
>
>In this last way(doing what engines know how to do) is absolutly truth that
>engines have 3000 elo.
>
>There are not any GM in Earth that have any chance of oportunity in a match
>against Hydra Scylla playing the conventional or old orthodox chess concepts.
>
>But I doubt that there are any traditional expert that have the  courage for
>publish and writte the other face of truth about  the "state of art" on the
>battle "man vs machine", writting in an important magazine or News Paper
>modifing theirs old mistakes or concepts. I wonder if the last draw against
>Hydra scylla I played (last note) will be into a magazine, or if will be at lest
>one impotant journalist that put it into a News Paper.
>
>Eraser opening books wont be the soluction. Engines by itselft have the enough
>power calculation to being answering perfectly in conventional ways deduction.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Pablo Ignacio Restrepo

Hi, Pablo
I disagree. I think the top humans can still outplay the computers in normal
chess. But they would increase their chances if they played anti computer style.
Regards
Tony



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