Author: Graham Laight
Date: 18:39:33 01/02/00
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On January 02, 2000 at 09:32:50, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 01, 2000 at 16:53:00, Graham Laight wrote: >>Imagine if human players from a particular country were told that they may not >>play against strong players unless they were prepared to pay high fees for >>individual games. >> >>There would, quite rightly, be an outcry! >> >>It's unfair on the computers to put these restrictions on them. Where's your >>humanity? :-) >> >>-g > >It isn't quite the same thing you know, but being a CC enthusiast, I naturally >want to see the games take place. The real changes took place when the computers >came into a position to win tournaments. That's when they were more truly >stonewalled. I remember a huge, 11 round, 30 minute game open in France at >Aubervilliers, and there was always an interesting roster of computer players >participating. I haven't heard about any computer participation since a version >of Genius tied for 2nd-3rd though. I can understand as well, and it is >complicated. Would you want to participate in a tournament (active chess) with >IMs, GMs, and tons of players, and have the results read like this: > >1) Fritz 9.99 10.5/11 >2-4) Hiarcs 10.0 10/11 >2-4) Rebel Timewarp 10/11 >2-4) Chess Weasel 10/11 >5-9) CM 9300 9.5/11 >5-9) Nimzo 9.64 9.5/11 >5-9) Deeper Junior 9.5/11 >5-9) Crafty 23.412 9.5/11 >5-9) GM Short 9.5/11 > >Etc... > >I sympathize, even if the prizes are given only to the human players. The >problem will only worsen apart from specially organized events, designed to >include cybernetic opponents. > > Albert Silver The above text is a wonderful sight to behold! Albert appears to be admitting that, within 2 new versions of Hiarcs, chess software will be in a position to push GM Short, the 2nd best player in the UK, and the player who challenged Kasparov for the PCA world championship just a few years ago, into 9th place in an active tournament! All we need now is the confession that they'll also be able to get some points in a proper GM 40/120 event! -g
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