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Subject: Re: I agree,change of playing style would help[nt]

Author: Madhavan

Date: 19:48:23 06/28/05

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On June 28, 2005 at 08:38:25, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On June 28, 2005 at 06:27:00, Madhavan wrote:
>
>>
>>I decide to post this for someone to express their ultimate point of view with
>>respect to Man Vs Machine
>>
>>>      Why do you believe that. Anand has never played
>>>      vs Hydra I think. In my opinion, top GM's are
>>>      not best choice to fight vs strong computer
>>>      programs. I still believe that a 2200 Elo player
>>>      understanding chess programs will do better than
>>>      all the professional top GM's.
>>>      Kurt
>>
>>Kurt,what you said was utter nonsense.
>>2200 ELO player?Anand will beat 100 games to 0 against any 2200 player,you bet.
>
> I also disagree with Kurt but there are better ways to express it than yours:-)
>
> I believe that a 2200 player against current Hydra on 32 CPU's, will lose 6-0
>or 5.5-0.5. But this 6-0 will happen 8-9 times out of 10 series of 6-games,
>while the 5.5-0.5 only 1. If the 2200 would be lucky enough to be at this single
>time he would have a successful result.......
>
>>
>>Top GM is the best choice for playing top programs,How do you know if "someone"
>>is fit for playing Hydra,assuming that "someone"claims that he is anti-computer
>>opponent.
>
> A top GM is the best choice but he should change his style a bit. Becoming a
>little anti-computer is critical.........And i don't mean to play exclusively
>with an anti-comp strategy, but only simple things like: a closed opening,
>trading Queens, prefer quiet positions, creating invinsible(for comps)
>attacks,etc........
>
>>
>>you too can claim "I'm an anti-comp player,I can destroy any computer,I've
>>expereience playing with all chess programs,I understand its working"
>>
>>thats blah blah ofcourse.
>>
>>If you want to see the real MAN vs Machine,then Top GM vs Top Machine is the
>>contest quite fairly [people's opinion]
>>
>>Anand is the only best player in the world currently,after Kasparov announced
>>his retirement.He did well in both blitz and standard tournament.
>>
>>Adams is a kid who has no chess experience and makes a lot mistakes in all
>>phases of game,takes too much time to find a dumb move and makes a dumbest
>>move,duh!comes with totally unprepared,gets 1 draw and later says "Hydra is the
>>monster"
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2476
>>see the link,and wait for Adams's blah blah speech,he should be explaining his
>>poor perfomance rather than oppponent's strength.
>>
>>Don't speak nonsense like "a beginner is fit to play Hydra"
>>you can believe beginner and novice are all fit,you can hear from them saying "I
>>know how to beat chess machines and how it works"
>>no one knows hydra's opening lines,then how come there are some anti-computer
>>players,I hear some player names who play anti-comp chess?
>>
>>someone who claims that he is anti-computer chess expert should be given
>>potatoes to peel instead of medal.
>>
>>I don't agree with you if you say anti-comp GM is the best choice,forget them as
>>they have'nt shown any good ranking and games in Men's championship.
>>decide taking world number #1 Anand or Toplaov.



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