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Subject: Re: The truth about chess programs

Author: Tony Nichols

Date: 02:17:02 04/23/05

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On April 22, 2005 at 08:15:27, Pablo Ignacio Restrepo wrote:

>Hello Tony.
>I am agree with you.
>Human beings could win some games in ortodhox lines.
>But in my "humbble opinion", human beings playing against a machine as Hydra
>Scylla, I think,  they there are not many chances to win a match playing across
>conventional or ortodhox ways.
>In next Junuary if God gave as the oportunity to see the challenger, we could
>being seeing the great challenger between the great anf Top Hydra,  against
>great and Top human being GM MICHEAL ADAMS,  from England.
>But there are others problem I did not writte.
>For example, an engine when is programed to destroy an special chesplayer, will
>be more clouse to win to him/her, that when an engine have a general or standard
>setting.
>For example, COMP QUARK, into playchess, played against me 20 games the day
>before yesterday, and COMP QUARK won to me 19.5 - 0.5 !!
>But yesterday I drew HYDRA SCYLLA(100% better machine and engines that Quark),
>and I won too,  many times Top Shredders, Fritz, Junior, etc ..... Why the
>lastone ?
>Becouse COMP QUARK, "Thomas" have an special way in his algorithm to destroy to
>me, and I have not been capable yet to understand the great Quark and Thomas
>estudies.
>Best regards,
>Pablo Ignacio

Very interesting! I don't think the top programs have any incentive to change
their alorithms yet! Hopefully Micheal Adams will demonstrate what many of us
already know.
Regards

Tony



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