Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:01:47 05/25/05
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On May 25, 2005 at 04:39:20, Darrel Briley wrote: >"Reigning FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov is scheduled to play an >interesting man vs machine match on June 21. The opponent is the "AI Accoona >ToolBar". The event is being staged by search engine company Accoona, known for >a number of chess spectaculars in the past and with big chess plans for the >future. The venue? It's in the middle of Times Square in New York, the >Crossroads of the World." > >"The match is between the 2004 winner of the Tripoli FIDE world championship, >Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan, and a new kind of chess engine – one that has >been specifically developed for play against human beings (as opposed to >countless games against other chess playing computers)." > >While there's a plethora of information concerning the Adams/Hydra match, it >seems there's little information to be found on the details of this match. Is >there no one here that can shed some light on the hardware/software Kasim will >be facing and exactly who it is that's been working on its development? Even a >link (besides the one at Chessbase) would be appreciated. > >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2392 I read: "It is a program that is filled with strategic chess knowledge, rather than openings and search tricks designed mainly to outplay its electronic opponents." I can say only one thing Nonsense search tricks are designed to play better against everybody and not only against computers. Strategic knowledge(if we do not talk about antisymmetric evaluation) is good against everybody and not only against humans). If humans can beat top programs thanks to better strategic knwoledge there is no reason that a program will be unable to do the same by the same weapon(in case that it really has a strategic knowledge). I do not say that it is easy to teach programs strategic knowledge but I cannot believe that strategic knowledge can be good only against humans. Uri Uri
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