Author: Imran Hendley
Date: 19:11:22 12/15/99
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On December 15, 1999 at 21:55:54, robert michelena wrote: I don't want to carry this argument out forever, but all I'm saying is that obviously Mr. Côme does not win every game he plays against the computer, but he does win some, and those are the ones he posts. Any strong player can beat a program occassionly, whether it be one out of ten, or one out of five hundred, it's going to happen. I am not a very good player, but I myself do win the occassional game again Chessmaster on my p200, i would say about one out of thirty. Anyway, don't think that computers are invincible, they most certainly are not. A good player can break them open every now and then. >If the shoe fits, wear it. > >I stand by my comment, and by now, my well known view. To suggest that anybody >who is not a grandmaster can beat a commercial program is to insult our common >sense. These programs can search faster and deeper then any human. They can >and often do defeat top grandmasters. > >Under the circumstances, to claim that you can defeat (unless 'you' happened to >be a grandmaster)a commercial program at its strongest setting now only insults >our intelligence and common sense, but, more importantly, reflects on 'you'.
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