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Subject: Re: A Blast from the past - Feng Hsu Let's start with the Rules

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:49:15 04/25/05

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On April 25, 2005 at 16:46:15, chandler yergin wrote:

>On April 25, 2005 at 12:13:36, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2005 at 10:36:07, chandler yergin wrote:
>>
>>>On April 24, 2005 at 22:56:48, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 24, 2005 at 18:59:35, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 24, 2005 at 15:42:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 24, 2005 at 13:13:22, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 24, 2005 at 10:13:18, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On April 24, 2005 at 05:14:48, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On April 23, 2005 at 23:52:36, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Several of us have looked at the logs for the games, and game 2 looked perfectly
>>>>>>>>>>normal and the program even reported a fail low and "panic time" where it
>>>>>>>>>>searched longer than normal because of the fail low.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This is a red herring and crap.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>When was the first time someone independent had a look at these logfiles? Have
>>>>>>>>>you and the several others had a chance to look at the logfiles right after the
>>>>>>>>>games took place, say May 1997?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The logfiles IBM published eventually mean nothing at all. This was more than a
>>>>>>>>>year after the games, wasn't it? Even I could produce most impressive logfiles
>>>>>>>>>given that much time ..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yes.  Several looked at the log right after the event.  I believe that Ken sent
>>>>>>>>me the section from the game although I don't remember whether it was the Qxb6
>>>>>>>>(not played) or the Be4 position.  I believe that Amir posted something about
>>>>>>>>the position early, but his comments were based on either not understanding what
>>>>>>>>DB's log output meant, or something else.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This was about the "fail low (panic time)" that caused DB to search much longer
>>>>>>>>than normal and may have been on the Be4 move although I simply don't remember
>>>>>>>>much about it since it was not a particularly significant event in my mind
>>>>>>>>because at the time I posted an excerpt from a Crafty log that looked
>>>>>>>>_identical_ in concept.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Nothing ever looked strange about the log stuff to me...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The point is that you explained at the time that it would cost almost no energy
>>>>>>>to fake the output so that it looked koscher. So - what do you want to say with
>>>>>>>the above. In truth the later outputs mean nothing in a judicially relevant
>>>>>>>sense. The question is why they didn't discuss the thing with Kasparov in time
>>>>>>>before the following game so that the event could have been continued as
>>>>>>>planned. If they didn't have to hide something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>OK, we go full circle.  I could certainly produce a fake log to support any move
>>>>>>that anybody would want to see Crafty play.  As I said back in 1997, it is
>>>>>>_impossible_ to prove they didn't cheat.  But, the other side of the coin is
>>>>>>that it would be possible to prove that they did, all one needs is to know the
>>>>>>methodology or catch them in the act, or whatever.  But this was never proven.
>>>>>>In fact, no methodology for cheating was ever mentioned.  Normally when you
>>>>>>accuse someone of cheating, you state the violation clearly.  "He spit on the
>>>>>>ball".  "His raquette head is too big".  "His golf club face is improperly sized
>>>>>>or weighted"  and so forth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Exactly, and that does prove at least to me that Kasparov didn't exactly accuse
>>>>>them of chesting. How could or should he? All he did was making public his
>>>>>astonishment, his disbelief. Wouldn't it have been ok if they had cared for him?
>>>>>In what style or with what material they should have done this, that is a
>>>>>different question. But why a player like Kasparov shouldn't have been allowed
>>>>>to express his confusion? Exactly with your explanation from that time Kasparov
>>>>>could have been given back his peace and new motivation to continue the fight.
>>>>>Without any humiliations. And with the hope to get a valid result of the match.
>>>>>(Perhaps I'm missing a specific lingual undertone in your messages to me, so
>>>>>that I'm still missing your exact position in the debate, but I can't figure out
>>>>>why it should be so difficult to get the sense of what I'm saying. Couldn't you
>>>>>explain, why in your eyes my science argument isn't good in respect to the
>>>>>original question of the research, namely could a machine play better than the
>>>>>best human? Why do you throw it into the bin? Are you really believing that a
>>>>>win, also a win with certain unfair methods, could prove anything at all?)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As I have said before, it proved just one thing.  That the human world champion
>>>>could be beaten by a computer in a standard time-control match on that
>>>>particular day.  There are plenty of other questions that could be asked now.
>>>>But the question back then was asked, and answered...
>>>
>>>
>No, it shows that Kasparov 'gambled' the the Computer would retreat the Knight
>on the 6th move!  That's all!
> He certainly wasn't outplayed at that point.
>
>As soon as he realized he had underestimated the Program,
>he knew he was lost. He had played the line himself.
>
>>No
>>Kasparov lost because he did not play well later.
>
>
>He played for the audience...
>
>If you were at a Boxing match, and the contender knocked out the Champion
>in the first 10 seconds of the 1st round... and you paid $200 for your ticket,
>how would you feel?
>Cheated?
>Of course...



That is pure unadulterated crap.  How many 10 move "GM draws" have we seen over
the years?  Do you _really_ think a GM will play on just because the audience
wants it?

you _really_ need to come back to reality.


>
>The Public wants a contest...
>
>>
>>>He also knew the Public would be infuriated if he resigned at that point, so he
>>>gave it his best shot. To his credit!
>>
>>No
>
>YES!
>>
>>There is certainly no reason to lose the game so fast like Kasparov did.
>
>What don't you understand about this Uri?
>"Kasparov 'gambled' the the Computer would retreat the Knight
>on the 6th move!  That's all!
> He certainly wasn't outplayed at that point."
>
>As soon as he realized he had underestimated the Program,
>he knew he was lost. He had played the line himself.
>
>Get real!
>You know hindsight is great...
>
>
>
>>
>>Here is the game
>>
>>[Event "New York man vs machine"]
>>[Site "New York"]
>>[Date "1997.05.??"]
>>[Round "6"]
>>[White "Comp Deep Blue"]
>>[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[PlyCount "37"]
>>[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
>>
>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8.
>>Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Bg3 Kc8
>>15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 1-0
>>
>>I think that there was no reason to play 16...Bc6 and 16...Nc7 is better.
>>
>>White has a better position at that point but there is no reason that white will
>>win so fast.
>>
>>Kasparov did a lot of mistakes in the game
>>8...Qe7 is not considered to be the best move by theory.
>>
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Seems like you have a bias against Kasparov too.
>How sad..
>
>He's the greatest, and will be rememered..
>
>Deep Blue will not.

Deep Blue already is in every AI book published.  It probably always will be.





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