Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 02:05:38 10/06/05
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On October 06, 2005 at 02:45:37, William Sorin wrote: > > It's hard to believe the above jibberish is out of the mouth of a Former World >Chess Champion. The first question I asked after reading his opinion of computer >chess is what planet does the former world champion live on? Does he atleast >follow Major chess events? The two matches between top rated Kasparov and >Kramnick vs Deep fritz and Deep Junior, should be enough to convince any >reasonable person that Computer Chess Software is much more then a toy. If that >isn't enough what about the Adams vs Hydra match. Could it be that Karpov is >unaware of these matches and the many others, or is he simply just refusing to >see the facts, like many who become emotionally involved in the question of >Computer chess strength. Looking through my database i don't find many games >Karpov has played against Programs but the few I find shows that Karpov only >managed a draw against Shredder6 running on Modest Hardware (pent 600). You >would think based on his comments that Karpov has beaten the programs everytime. Oh, yes, I can beat Fruit 2.2 whenever I want, just don't want to waste my precious time for it because it's only a toy ;) It would be interesting to see a Karpov - Fruit2.2 match and learn how Mr.Karpov "crushes" that toy. Robert
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