Author: James T. Walker
Date: 20:10:10 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 16:25:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 14:16:50, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello, >>I see the change in strategy by the top GM's in the Frankfurt Masters tournament >>as an admission that they can no longer compete with Fritz on the "up and up". >>Resorting to anticomputer strategy/tactics by the worlds best chess players is >>the first signal that the end is near. Computer domination is just around the >>corner. >>Jim Walker > > >I think you are wrong. What is right around the corner is a big hammer, >once the GM players start playing vs the computer's obvious weaknesses. It >will take another 10 years probably to combat such play. And once the GMs >start doing it, we are going to have a difficult time for a while. It is >hard to do at blitz, but at game/30 it is possible, and at 40/2hr games, it >is not hard at all... Hello Bob, I always respect your opinion. Interestingly enough I think we almost agree on our feelings for the future. I think just around the corner is about 10 years or maybe a little less. It depends on how fast CPU's get and how effective we can harness their power in parallel. I think if GM's become exposed more often to computers in tournaments when the prize money is on the line, the anti-computer strategy/tactics will be raised to a new level. Simple things like 1 a3 and 2 e3 will be overcome very quickly by all progammers. So GM's will become even more devious. But alas, that will only buy them a few extra years. You have already solved many GM tricks because Crafty plays GM's a lot. Most other programmmers have not had to deal with a lot of GM tricks yet. So anti GM strategy is still on the back burner of things to do. Once all programmers start working on the problem you will probably see some very unique ideas for dealing with it. Jim Walker
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