Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 21:57:05 06/14/05
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On June 15, 2005 at 00:05:51, Tony Nichols wrote: >On June 14, 2005 at 22:35:26, William Sorin wrote: > >>On June 14, 2005 at 22:19:29, Mark Ryan wrote: >> >>>Has this been the wrong metaphor all along? >>> >>>Years ago, Kasparov predicted that the future of chess was in "Advanced Chess" >>>(people playing chess with computer assistance). Now the Freestyle Tournament >>>seems to be confirming this prediction. In the words of Chessbase, " ... we can >>>draw first tentative conclusions. One is that the most powerful chess playing >>>entity on the planet is a GM armed with a computer." >>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2453 >>> >>>We are the tool-manufacturing species. We create the tools, and we shape their >>>purpose. In Vancouver, the trains in the SkyTrain system have no drivers, but >>>there is a central control room where human beings monitor everything carefully >>>and react to unforeseen emergencies. The level of human involvement has been >>>reduced, but it is still there; in fact, it has been isolated to a higher level. >>> >>>No matter how strong the chess machines become, will they always be stronger >>>with a GM at the controls? >>> >>>Mark >> >> >> >>I wonder then if a 2600 Grandmaster using Fritz could beat any of the Top Ten >>human Grandmasters without computer assistance? > > >I would expect a 2600 GM with chessbase and Fritz to crush any human player >without. Even at the very top many games are decided by tactical mistakes. Also, > the ability to research an opening at the board would be very useful. >Regards >Tony I believe Kasparov could defeat a 2600 rated player, even with the assistance of a top program and top PC computer, as long as he knows what he's dealing with. I'd like to see such a match, but unfortunately he's retired:( In a sense he was dealing with mutiple GM's when he played Deep Blue, and his loss was in the six game match was a fluke, one we'll never see proven otherwise:( Too Bad, Terry
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