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Subject: Re: Did GM Michael Adams 2737 honestly lose?

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 13:27:46 06/26/05

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On June 26, 2005 at 16:08:27, Christopher Conkie wrote:

>Tell me what the match proves then? And more importantly is it of any
>significance?

Yes it is......Before 15 years if a super GM played a 6-game match against a top
computer program, he would win (easily). Now he loses. That means something.
For the rest of important things, just use you logic........It is simple:-)

>
>That people like money more than anything else?

 I don't think IF it was fixed, that Adams would sacrifice for money his
prestige accepting such a humiliating for him result.........

>
>Tell us something we don't know already.
>
>Books have no place in the development of chess software.

 Ok, so we should give humans a magic pill to forget their book knowledge
also......

>
>Tablebases are even worse.

 Using the hardware Hydra and computers generally have already an advantage. We
should not allow computers to use hardware. Not to say we should forbid software
also.....:-)

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>If the human must know there endings and work them out, so must the computer.
>
>Full stop.
>
>Christopher



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