Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 18:22:08 05/21/05
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On May 21, 2005 at 14:55:42, David H. McClain wrote: >Gentlemen, > >Now that the introductions are over regarding anti-chess strategies, opinions >and personalities, perhaps a "what if" hypothesis should be thrown out to talk >about. > >Since Michael Adams is a Super GM chess professional, he makes his living at >playing chess. With that stated, why wouldn't (couldn't) he use the well known >stategies of anti-chess and win a quick $60,000 by drawing all the games (@ >$10,000 per draw) with Hydra in next month's tournament 6 game tournament? > >It would seem simple enough to me for Adams to have the capacity to do this >using anti-chess methods. Why should he play into the strength of Hydra and >stand a very good chance of becoming a loser in each? > >It's obvious Hydra has significant weaknesses with anti-chess tactics. Would it >be considered unethical for Adams to do this? Afterall, the Hydra team states >over and over again that they are "the strongest chess entity in the world" and >as far as I can see, by using anti-chess tecniques by a truly Super GM, it could >be an easy $60,000 for Adams. > >Insults and criticisms are welcome. I have a thick skin! :) DHM In the interest of being ethical, perhaps Adams should agree not to exploit anti-computer strategies, and the Hydra team should not exploit anti-Human strategies. The Hydra team would agree not to calculate beyond a "reasonable depth," whatever that is, and the Hydra team would not pursue opening lines that are too "tactically intensive," whatever that might mean. And then again, since it's impossible to operationalize anti-computer and anti-human strategies rigorously, maybe it's best just to forget about it and whoever wins wins. Everything within the rules is ethical, by definition...that's why the rules are what they are. Roger
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