From: Matt Casters <matt <at> INNET <dot> BE>
Date: 10 feb 1996
Subject: Re: Is human wiser than computer in games?

Check out live coverage of Deep-blue vs Kasparov on
http://www.ibm.park.org/, it's happening now !
Mr. Engelkes, please remember that Fritz 3 runs in 16bit code on a 80x86
computer, and Deep-Blue on a 32-node IBM SP2 (Massive Parallel
SuperComputer) with custom-microprocessors.  It should make a difference.
You can also find more info on www.ibm.com
(I'm not a pessimist, but I think Kasparov will win :-)

Cheers,

Matt Casters
Shogi-freak, Chess programmer

>>Are shogi and go only the games in which human is stronger than computers?
>>Of course, we cannot examine all games in the world, but let's think only
>>major games.  (Stil shogi may remain as a minor game in the world.  ;-))  I
>>heard a former world champion of chess lost a game against Pentium machine.
>> Can he win against super computer?  And I heard computer is stronger than
>>humnan in Back-gammon (spelling?).  I am just curious of these topics.
>
>In checkers, the program Chinook has proved to be of equal strenghth as the
>world champion. Chinook has its own web page.
>In draughts, the programs are not yet of Grandmaster strength.
>In  "standard" chess programs occasionally win against grandmasters, but mostly
>in quick games. World Champion Kasparov will play a 6-game match against
>Deep Blue from IBM at normal time setiings. There is also a web page on that
>match.
>I recently beated the official computer chess champion, Fritz 3, with me giving
>odds of rook. This was only to prove computers cannot think, only calculate.
>The only thing I did was: keeping the position closed until he run out of
>time. In
>closed positions, most computer programs are helpless. Anyone can repeat what
>I did, as I am a mediocre club player of about 1800 ELO.
>
>
>Wijnand Engelkes.
>
>
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