Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 18:30:37 05/21/05
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On May 20, 2005 at 21:11:03, John Merlino wrote: >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 I think we could add "ruthless" to the list. I just played Chessmaster 9000 Lasker, and he forced to me resign in 16 moves. :) Mark
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