Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:11:03 05/20/05
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On May 20, 2005 at 19:12:00, Mark Ryan wrote: >On May 20, 2005 at 17:40:02, jim r uselton wrote: > >>Let's say a person has access to a time machine and grabs his shredder 7 and >>goes back to the year 1924. Let's say,For the sake of argument, he talks his way >>in to the great New York Tournament. This guy doesn't know much chess so he lets >>his Shredder do all the playing. My question is---where do you think he would >>finish, first---fourth---last? >> >>Thanks for your input! >> Jim > >I think Shredder 7 would win the tournament. However, I have always thought >that Emanuel Lasker would have a good chance against even a strong computer >program because: > >1. Capablanca once described Lasker as the best tactician; >2. Lasker almost never blundered; >3. Lasker had superb control of his nerves; >4. Lasker was a great defensive player; > >All of the above qualities go a long way to neutralizing the computer's >advantages against human beings. Moreover, to exploit the computer's weakness: > >5. Lasker had a profound ability to make moves that other players >mis-evaluated. I believe it is a misconception that Lasker deliberately played >weak moves that he knew would trouble his particular opponent. I don't think >Lasker deliberately played a weak move in his whole life. He played moves that >he knew were good, but that his opponent would mistakenly imagine were bad. The >classic example is 12.f5 against Capablanca in 1914 (St. Petersburg), which the >great Cuban insisted for years afterwards was a weak move, but which is now >generally accepted as being a good move. > >I think Lasker, more than any other player, would have some chance of finding >such a move against a program. (But I think we should let him play a full match >against the computer, and not just one game :) > >Mark FYI, here are the Lasker personality settings in CM 9000 (my apologies if people expect a different format for this, I'm just typing them as I see them). All settings are default except: Attacker/Defender = 30 Material/Positional = -25 Contempt for Draw = 1.0 Control of Center = 105 King Safety = 90 Passed Pawns = 110 Queen Value = 8.7 Knight Value = 3.3 Playing style description: Of all the Chessmaster 9000 opponents, the Lasker-style will more often play the opponent as much or more than the board. This personality is a fabulous defensive player and fine tactician, equally at home in open or closed positions. Enjoy! jm
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