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Subject: Re: Not much about the Rebel Game

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:33:09 08/16/99

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On August 16, 1999 at 09:42:44, Ratko V Tomic wrote:

> > In 10 years, it's clear that no human will be able to contend
> > with commercial programs running on off-the-shelf hardware.
>
>That's not clear at all. In checkers, where it is
>possible to search 20+ plies the search had reached
>the plateau of diminishing returns and the top human
>player (Tinsley, age 65) beat the top program (Chinook)
>in a regular match.

I read that Chinook won a match of 70 games some years ago 2:1 and 67 draws.

It is surprising to hear that the top human player is at age 65.
I think that something like this never happen in chess and the best player is
always younger than 65.

Uri




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