Author: odell hall
Date: 00:56:26 05/02/99
Hi CCC Hi I agree with IBM" s decision to withhold games From Kaspy Before the 1997 Return Match. I have no doubt had Kaspy had atleast 20 games by deepblue he would have easily defeated the machine. I think it is grossly unfair to allow the grandmaster access to Games before a match. My reason is that humans have the advantage over the machine in that they have the ability to analyze the style and weakness of the computer opponent, Yet computers do not have this ability or chance, thus they are at a considerable disadvantage. A programmer can similate in a very crude fashion this innate human ability by imputing thousands of games or positions into the computers memory, However my understanding is that Most programmers are not sure if this technique is beneficial or how much so. In any case it does not come close to the Abilities that humans possess. In my opinion if the object of a match is to test the raw ability or talent of the contenders, no such games should be given. Kaspy has been known to defeat grandmasters at home before he ever goes to the board, the question is , Is this Raw chess ability? or Superior Analyses Training? Kaspy's charge that he loss because he had no games from the computer is Valid, But the Real debate should be Whatever such information should be made availabe when a contest is about raw ability or talent. If Garry Kasparov is the Better Player or Has more ability than deepblue he should be able to defeat his opponent without knowing anything about it! Ofcourse in Human Vs Human Play he would be totally justified in making this cliam, but in a contest with the computer his claims are not justified. I think that Yermonsinky will Probally easily defeat Hiarcs7, since he has access to the program. In my opinion Matt Frank should have gotten Yermo to agree to a match against a computer but not specify which computer opponent he would play. This would have allowed a fair contest!! Just my Humble opinion.
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