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Subject: Re: Winning against a CCP in Playchess at 3 min. is NO joke

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 06:21:22 05/17/05

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On May 17, 2005 at 09:08:10, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi Jonas,
>
>> Post some of your wins with standard time control (where the computer gives
>> up or get's mated) and let's talk.
>
>I do not have the games, but I think Pablo has them. He has even beaten Hydra at
>60+0... Also on time. And he has done several draws in longer time controls with
>his playing system.

Yes he beat Hydra on time, i was asking to see his games where he actually beats
the programs, not just win on time.

>What he shows to us is, that mankind can still find ways to beat the engines,
>there are enough backdoors left. They must just be discoverd.

I agree.

>E.g. look at Kurt Utzingers games. Of course his tactics is not as extreme, but
>he also tries to close up the position. And with that he achieves several draws
>against almost all strong programs. As far as I know his Elo is also below
>2000...
>
>Now you can make any conclusion out of that you want, but in fact I am pretty
>sure that chess engines are not yet as strong as one thinks. The only problem
>why they look so strong against humans is, that especially the strongest players
>have not tried yet systems like Kurt or Pablo use. Quit possible that they do
>not like that style. This might change when it gets financially interesting for
>them, so far they earn there money in games against humans and not against
>computers.
>
>Greets, Thomas

I am mostly cheering for the human in man v machine scenario's, except when
Junior plays :)

So i am not against different systems, i just think it is a waste of time to get
wound up over someone who can make the comp lose on time.



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