Author: James Robertson
Date: 22:46:10 05/01/99
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On May 02, 1999 at 01:08:35, odell hall wrote: > >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. G/30. We still don't know how she would do at G/60. On your second point: I agree. Also, many GM "tactical" moves are made on gut feeling rather than calculation; for instance look at my post "difficult position". There is an example of a terrible player (me) finding a very strong move tactically, even though I did almost no calculating at all, as shown by the awful way I handled my attack. :( Tactically, I have a very high opinion of computers, but I still give GMs the edge at tournament time controls *if* they play anti-computer chess. BTW, I reread several of my posts and although both were intended as jokes, they seem rather silly to me now. :) Try to ignore the lameness, but enjoy the humor! :) James
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