how did he win in a computer vs computer game?
did he buy a deep blue or something?
or download more RAM?

or you had fritz 2.0 and he fritz 10.0
oO?

actually I cant play chess, but Ive downloaded chessmaster 10 000 to make this program play vs NES chess and pwn the poor 1.79mhz processor with my 2,8ghz raw power

Empyrean

17052 Posts

August 28 2006 11:18 GMT

#242

He probably had a better engine. They have better programs than Fritz 6 you know >_>

goldrush

Canada709 Posts

August 28 2006 11:19 GMT

#243

Some chess programs are better than others, just as some humans are better than others. He has Fritz 6, which should be more than sufficient for anyone up to GM level (perhaps even some GMs) . That said, there are quite a few better programs out there: Shredder, Hydra, Fritz 9, Hiarcs and the current darling of the computer chess world, Rybka (yes, I'm missing some). All of them would be able to most likely beat Fritz 6 handily in a computer versus computer match of... say... 10 games or more. Hardware also has a bit to do with it, though I'm not sure of the exact stats on the improvement in chess play as hardware also increases. What could also be a factor is if either of them decided to use the computer as guide, rather than just blindly following the #1 choice every single time. It's no secret that a human can grasp strategical plans, rather than just a series of moves in a position (though computers are also getting better in this regard as well). A competent human with computer assistance will likely fare better than a computer on its own.

15 minutes is also not a lot of time. Computers are usually able to deal with short time controls much, much better than humans are (though there are some exceptions to this) and it is generally accepted that the faster the time control, the better the computer performs in relation to mankind. Typical blitz or bullet tricks that work against humans don't work against computers; the computer will simply snap up the material and defend doggedly.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

August 28 2006 11:26 GMT

#244

On August 27 2006 19:08 maoam wrote:

Show nested quote +

Which ones? I've been working my way through Shuko's tesuji dictionary for a while now ^_^

The second book of go by Richard Bozulich and In the beginning by Ikuro Ishigure.

Not read that far yet, and now I've been sidetracked by WCG practice for some time so :D

DarK]N[exuS

China1441 Posts

August 28 2006 12:03 GMT

#245

Good lord I've read this guy's posts and his xanga and JESUS FUCKING CHRIST he uses almost every single pseudo-intellectual grammatical structure and word incorrectly. He uses all these semicolons without independent clauses and sticks in words like "albeit" and "ergo" but in such a way that he just looks like a complete dumbass. He obviously has no idea what the fuck he is talking about or doing with the English language and just thinks that using words/structures that many people don't know will let him fool everyone into thinking he's intelligent. Pathetic.

intrigue

Washington, D.C9934 Posts

August 28 2006 12:26 GMT

#246

On August 28 2006 21:03 DarK]N[exuS wrote:
Good lord I've read this guy's posts and his xanga and JESUS FUCKING CHRIST he uses almost every single pseudo-intellectual grammatical structure and word incorrectly. He uses all these semicolons without independent clauses and sticks in words like "albeit" and "ergo" but in such a way that he just looks like a complete dumbass. He obviously has no idea what the fuck he is talking about or doing with the English language and just thinks that using words/structures that many people don't know will let him fool everyone into thinking he's intelligent. Pathetic.

lolololloollolol i bitched at him for the same thing ten pages or so ago
i hate kids like this

if he wasn't so insecure and scared of getting zero comments on every post and actually didn't go out of his way to disable the feature i would spam 'LOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOOLLOL' all over every post

maxchgr

United States122 Posts

August 28 2006 15:06 GMT

#247

I'm Maksim Grinman, USCF 2100
my bnet acct is nM-Sunset- on west and Drone-XIII on east
AIM: maxchgr if you'd like to game, especially if you play on ICC
My ICC ID is GoodPeople

kdog3682

United States247 Posts

August 28 2006 15:23 GMT

#248

what is his xanga? i wanan read it

link??

NeoTheAKAagain

United States1 Post

September 09 2006 19:17 GMT

#249

Here you go, children:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41710

Begin reading after the five hyphens.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

September 09 2006 20:06 GMT

#250

On September 10 2006 04:17 NeoTheAKAagain wrote:
Here you go, children:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=41710

Begin reading after the five hyphens.

Fuck off.

I don't care if you are God incarnate when it comes to chess, you don't have any manners, you are arrogant beyond words and just generally unpleasant, change your behaviour or leave, please.