Author: odell hall
Date: 22:08:35 05/01/99
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On April 30, 1999 at 22:06:19, James Robertson wrote: >Many people have interpreted the Fritz-Polgar match to be a great victory for >Fritz. > >I say it was a great victory for Polgar! > >At G/60, playing like a wild man with a wild tactical game that computers are >supposed to excel at, she draws Fritz 2-2! In fact, in one game, she >outcalculated Fritz completely, utterly crushing it in 23 moves. > >We have heard claims of computers on readily available hardware equaling >Kasparov tactically. This excellent match by Polgar casts serious doubt on this >theory. > >James Well First of all, I was surprised by the result of the match. Judith has always been one of my favorite players, I was truly surprised that fritz5 outplayed her tactically at all. Although I was aware that micro programs were very strong tactically I did not think they were as strong as Super Grandmasters in this area. The reason is, When I go over supergrandmaster games with computers, Often they don't see the Tactics of the super GM. I can post a Game to illustrate my point where No program I have sees the tactical brillancies of a game played by kasparov(I'll have to look this game up). Apparently based on your remarks you have a lower opinion of a supergrandmaster than I do, Because I simply expected Polgar at Game\60 to smash Fritz.
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