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Subject: Re: Fritz 9 - the first human-like chess engine in the world

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 00:31:42 10/29/05

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On October 28, 2005 at 18:33:56, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On October 28, 2005 at 18:00:22, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>"The program has become more human in a different way. It now has extensive
>>chess knowledge and a human evaluation structure, ensuring that it finds good
>>moves and interesting ideas where there are no direct tactics to guide it. You
>>will appreciate the value of this when you analyze with the program. Fritz 9
>>thinks and plans like a human, while retaining the tactical ferocity of the
>>world’s top chess engine" www.chessbase.com
>>
>>You don´t believe this? You think that´s a load of crap?
>
>I have no idea, and cannot possibly verify it, because I can't even run Fritz
>on my computer.  However, that the program finds the right moves in a
>tiny set of positions like this means nothing at all, even if no other program
>solves all the positions.  Even for a crappy program like mine, it would
>probably
>be possible (after some hours of trial and error) to find a few positions where
>it
>(probably just by chance) finds the right moves more quickly than any other
>program.
>
>I am not saying that you are wrong, mind you.  I don't know (and honestly
>don't care, because I can't use the program anyway) how strong or human-like
>Fritz is.  However, you can't expect people to just look at your examples and
>believe your claims without further justification.

I hope so ;)

Michael

>Tord



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