Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Fritz 9 Vs Pablo Restrepo ....... Machine Vs Human beings 3-1

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:54:19 09/23/05

Go up one level in this thread


On September 23, 2005 at 12:02:49, robert flesher wrote:

>Shuffling pieces is not chess, yes you have found a weakness in engines,
>however, I would not ever consult your games. Why? I strong human player would
>crush this system, and this is why you are not ranked 2500 on the blitz server.
>This system can be done by almost any 1800+ player,although what does it prove?
>Zero!Imho!? Now if you could constantly play a crushing attacking game from the
>yugoslav attack or such, then we would be more impressed. Gary Kasparov said
>"Chess is not skittle" perhaps instances like these is what he was referring to.
>Cheers

I disagree with you.

Shuffling pieces is chess.
If you claim that strong players can crush the system then it should be
demonstrated by games against strong opponents(beating pablo is not a proof that
the system does not work because there is a good chance that pablo will blunder
against moves that open the position even if they do not win the game).

Note that I do not claim to know if the strategy of pablo is good to get a draw
but if you want to convince me that it is not good to get a draw you need to
give games of players with similiar strength when one want a draw and use that
strategy and fails to get the draw.

In games I do not play against that strategy and do not play that strategy so I
do not claim to know if that strategy is good to get a draw or not good.

Uri



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.