Author: Pete Galati
Date: 18:51:20 02/16/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 21:05:17, Terry Presgrove wrote: >This latest fiasco at Club Kasparov is another indicator of just how lacking in >the area of testicular fortitude many GM's have when it comes to playing Comps. >I really don't understand this. Unlike many here I largely agree with Dr. Hyatt >that at 40/2 GM's have the edge against current programs/hardware. Those of us >who have watched the evolution of chess programming through the years well know >the weaknesses of computer chess play. And yet many of the GM's who are on top >of the chess world seem to fear playing them. Obviously the Club/Kasparov >matches were 60/0 which in my view favor comps. I beleive DJ had a very good >chance to win the tournament. But the question remains why do they lack the >intestinal fortitude to play? Perhaps Kasparov's loss to Deep >Blue has infected the GM community at large with a computer virus called >egoviralaticus? > >TP Only my opinion here; Kasparov has lost his nerve, a large part of his ego was crushed by loosing that match. The rest of the GMs? I have no idea how much it did to them, they're not facing DB though. I guess to some extent, we've had Chess programs since the '50s(?), that's a long time by now, Chess programming has progressed very well, I'd say, they're getting pretty hard to beat by now. Pete
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