Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 10:10:14 04/22/05
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On April 21, 2005 at 17:10:08, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On April 19, 2005 at 12:06:14, Matthew Hull wrote: > >> >>There is no science issue. There is only the psychological issue of those whose >>cherished notion of human superiority in chess was severely bruised in 1997. >>And those same persons have been in denial ever since. >> > > >Is that ex-cathedra or the truth? You don't believe computer programs are as strong as top humans. You have made this assertion numerously. You have also failed to backup this belief with scientific evidence, i.e. recent top-human/top-computer results. The reason you don't do this is because the human/computer results favor computers. Scientifically, you are in denial. The DBII-Kasparov match is just one example of your denial in action. Kasparov LOST the match, fair and square. Your quibbles over "cheating science" are the same kind of scapegoating that amateur wood-pushers use when they perform badly in their last weekend swiss. Its human nature. Now I will give you a lesson in psychology, since you seem to be so vastly ignorant on the topic. Kasparov has never been very good against computers. Kasparov is so good against humans because he has psychological "command presence". He is intimidating as a chessplayer. He's very good at chess, but more importantly, he is good at psychological gamesmanship. But that is completely useless against a computer program. It is also mostly useless against ice-cold chessplayers like Karpov. That's why he had so much trouble defeating Karpov. Karpov would have given a better match to DBII than Kasparov, because once Kasparov realises he's got no psychological grip on the opponent, he casts about for chess strategies that are unfamiliar territory to him, because they have no psychological component with which he can work. But Karpov does not have this as a significant part of his strategy. He is more purely calculating and disciplined in his choice of play. See how much you missed because you were in denial? Next, we need to discuss a regimen of therapy for you as a curative for your disorder. :) >Of course religious people deny science for >the last two thousand years...
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