Author: eric guttenberg
Date: 07:36:52 06/26/99
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I am surprised by these results,too, particularly in view of some of the other results I've seen. Fritz beats Polgar 4-1, with 3 draws in g/30, the five top Paderborn programs holding their own against five strong GM's at 40/2, the ancient old W-Chess on a P90 scoring 4-0, with 2 draws against 6 GM's or IM's at the Harvard Cup about 6 or 7 years ago and numerous other events where the computers were at least competitive against GM's or IM's had me thinking that the top programs were approaching GM strength. These two games are impossible to ignore. Of course, it is only 2 games but the manner of Hiarcs' losses is remarkable. If Richard 2265 continues to beat Hiarcs like a drum, I have a question. Is it just that this particular human has a special talent for playing against computers? Or is it possible that HIarcs 6, although it topped the SSDF list not that long ago(I think), is more susceptible to human anti-computer play than Fritz or Shredder or W-Chess or some of the other programs that have some respectable results against strong human players? Or would Richard 2265 be doing the same thing to any program he was playing? I suspect that some programs that cannot outscore Hiarcs in computer v computer games may outperform Hiarcs against humans. Comments? eric
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