Author: James Robertson
Date: 21:44:33 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 23:10:10, James T. Walker wrote: >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 I think massive books will help the 'problem' a lot. :) James
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