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Subject: Re: Kasparov [HBR interview] : 'IBM committed a crime against science.'

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 18:50:51 04/28/05

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On April 28, 2005 at 20:10:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 28, 2005 at 14:20:28, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>>On April 28, 2005 at 13:55:19, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On April 28, 2005 at 12:10:05, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 28, 2005 at 11:09:05, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 28, 2005 at 06:55:43, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On April 27, 2005 at 22:07:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On April 27, 2005 at 18:16:57, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On April 27, 2005 at 17:48:53, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On April 27, 2005 at 17:05:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On April 26, 2005 at 15:59:11, Steven Edwards wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I'm sure that issue was covered in the match contract.  In computer chess events
>>>>>>>>>>>for nearly three decades prior to the event, adjustments made between games were
>>>>>>>>>>>permitted.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And this is the cancer that destroys honest computer vs human chess.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Kasparov knew what he was doing, particularly in the second match
>>>>>>>>>>>after his experience with the first.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Interesting to write what Kasparov knew. We should better deal with what the
>>>>>>>>>>computerchess people knew. Apparently they didn't really know what they are
>>>>>>>>>>doing. And that for decades already. Ok, humans never really cared that much
>>>>>>>>>>because the overall chess emulation wasn't strong enough to be considered for
>>>>>>>>>>serious. But if compuerchess is propagating the superiority over human chess
>>>>>>>>>>things should be clarified a bit...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Kasparov is being a sore loser and is unhappy because he didn't get a third
>>>>>>>>>>>match and the money that would have come with it.  He's appears to be trying to
>>>>>>>>>>>help draw attention to himself for his political asperations that have nothing
>>>>>>>>>>>to do with chess, and he's making Valdimir Putin look good by comparison.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>For sure Kasparov isn't a sore loser when it was Hsu&IBM who deconstructed the
>>>>>>>>>>machine so that no further tests could be made. Scientifically this is a crime
>>>>>>>>>>(that is what Kasparov is saying in the quoted interview). Whith whom Kasparov
>>>>>>>>>>should have made a third match? With people who betray their own science?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Unfair.  It was not Hsu decision to "deconstruct" the machine.  But you blame
>>>>>>>>>him anyway.  Why do you do this?  It is completely unfair.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You use this to claim Hsu cheated science.  But your claim is bogus because Hsu
>>>>>>>>>had NO CONTROL over that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>You make me laugh and shed tears. A scientist who has no control over his
>>>>>>>>science is no scientist! A scientist who sold his moral to economy has lost his
>>>>>>>>status of scientist. This is so trivial and sad to know that this could happen
>>>>>>>>in our field of computerchess.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Then I guess _none_ of us are "scientists".  After we won the 1983 and 1986 WCCC
>>>>>>>events running on a cray, the machines were taken apart and shipped to
>>>>>>>customers.  I could not have used them again.  Ditto for every year we ran on a
>>>>>>>Cray.  The CCT before last, where I used the 4-opteron box from AMD was the
>>>>>>>same, the machine was gone a week after the event.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This is _very_ common, and is _not_ "unscientific" in the least...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It's understandable but still it's false. You always confuse mere computerchess
>>>>>>events with computerchess vs human chess! I see that you are not prepared for
>>>>>>real competition between computers and Man. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I have played several computer vs human matches.  Machine was shipped right
>>>>>after we finished the Levy match.  We played 2 games against Van den Sterren (I
>>>>>am not sure that is spelled right and am not at office where paperwork would
>>>>>give it correctly) and again the machine was torn down and shipped right after
>>>>>the match ended.  This is _normal_ when using big iron that is valuable..
>>>>
>>>>I believe you. But the difference is that in your case there wasn't the science
>>>>propaganda for the ultimate test Man or Machine...
>>>
>>>Sorry, but there was.  If you remember the Levy Challenge that dated back to
>>>1970, where he bet $10,000 that no computer would beat him in a match over the
>>>next 10 years, and which he later extended for at least another 5 years, this is
>>>the match I played against him in 1984.  There was money at stake.
>>
>>
>>Thank you for Posting this.. I didn't know that.
>>
>>Question:
>>"The second for the first program to produce a 2600 performance rating over 25
>>consecutive games against grandmaster players in long (40 moves in 2 hours or
>>slower) games.
>>
>>Very significant!
>>
>>Awarded to deep thought in the early 1990's.
>>
>>Who was the Challenger, the GM that was beaten?
>
>No "challenger".  They played in various chess tournaments, all over the
>country.  The games are public record and several people here have collected
>them I believe.  You might ask and someone could send you all the PGN, which
>would include the names and dates...
>
>
>>
>>Who was the Operator of deep thought?
>
>Murray.  Hsu.  I think Stuart Cracraft even operated once or twice...  There may
>have been others...  The tournaments were all over, some outside the US if I
>recall correctly.

Thank you for your prompt response!

I, as others, I'm sure would like to review all the games.

Is there a Link or Web Site where all Deep thughts games
can be downloaded in PGN?

I think it was a remarkable acheivment for a Computer to have Won as it did.

Especially in those days..

In the interest of 'fairness'; I think the Win/Loss record should be noted.

Otherwise Rolf will be all over your Gluteous Maximus, wailing like a long
tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.
;)

Chan
>
>
>
>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chan
>>
>> He defined
>>>the match rules just as Kasparov did.  Etc.  It was publicized everywhere in
>>>computer literature, just as each of his matches (Levy) were publicized...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Here Kasparov had questions
>>>>and Hsu and his team didn't want to clarify things. Ok IBM made the decisions
>>>>but it's Hsu who must live with the bad reputation now.
>>>
>>>To those that "count" (his peers) Hsu has _no_ "bad reputation."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> No idea if Kasparov
>>>>asked because he knew that Hsu no longer had the power over the ressources - but
>>>>that is also Hsu's problem. - For Kasparov the show was finished after game two.
>>>>He couldn't stop playing because that would have cost him all the fee. But he
>>>>stopped playing his usual chess. And in game six he made that as clear as
>>>>possible. In your case, Bob, that was just a match. Just a little event to see
>>>>what would happen. At the end of the fun-era of computerchess. Without the
>>>>public interest of 1997. - Bob let's make an honorable draw, because you can't
>>>>win this debate. And I must admit that I can't convince the dickhead of yours
>>>>either... :)
>>>
>>>Sorry, but the debate has already been won.  :)  Only a very small minority hold
>>>your view that Kasparov was "cheated" in any form.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>(Again, I like the music and accent of your speech and would prefer to hear you
>>>>explain thhings over the air...)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Give it up, Rolf.  You can't fool anybody with such poor logic built upon false
>>>>>>>>>premises.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>That
>>>>>>>>>>Kasparov is not a politician, this is a different question. I would agree! He's
>>>>>>>>>>not.



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