Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 23:58:22 12/18/05
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On December 19, 2005 at 02:39:35, Mark Mason wrote:
>It has surely been proved many times now that on pure strength alone the top
>engines will win against the top GM's.
>
>The way to beat chess engines is by deliberately adopting an anti-computer
>playing style ie. exploiting the weaknesses of the program (they all have them).
>Look at games by Pablo Ignacio Restrepo ("Father" on Playchess.com) - he is
>regularly beating Fritz 9 and Fruit playing as a human and he is a 2000 ELO
>player. I know because I have been on the receving end of many defeats to him.
>
>Before you shout....I KNOW this style of play (very closed positions that
>strangle the computer's options) is not in the true chess spirit and is not
>interesting to watch......
>
>....but this thread was started off by someone asking about whther human's can
>beat chess engines, not about entertaining play.
>
>Just a thought.
>
>Mark
The positions he gets are closed and drawn. More accurate - he wins vs
the Fritz GUI. There is something stupid with a 256 move limit. Not
interesting for human chess of course.
/S
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