Author: GuyHaworth
Date: 15:44:58 06/28/05
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The problem with man-machine games is the human factor ... Michael Adams arguably has a bad day at the office (somewhat heralded by recent games) and suddenly it's 'no contest'. This could be an over-reaction. The ICGA WCCC 2005 in Iceland will hopefully see HYDRA alongside the usual suspects, so we'll get some idea of whether it is mega-superior to the silicon field then. I don't think the public would be interested in an 'odds' contest. I, and possibly others, would not be interested in 'artificial' attempts to slug the computers, including the mooted limitations on opening books and endgame tables. The opening book can be evolved by computer anyway. The EGTs can be worked out in real-time as a special (perfect information) case of forward-search - so are we to limit the search-capability of computers as well. The only reasonable handicapping possibility I see is to give the computer less time than the human. What we want from any contest is interesting chess. Human blunders which instantly lose don't make for interesting chess, so I'd be in favour of some sort of blunder-guard. Michael Adams enabled us to see six games of interesting chess, so my thanks to him for that. g
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