From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> comcast <dot> net>

Subject: computer vs. human handicap match

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     By a curious twist of fate, just as computer shogi programs are reaching the level where they can compete with pros without a handicap (as planned for Bonanza shortly), in chess the opposite has just occurred. A match is now taking place in which computer chess program "Rybka" is giving a pawn handicap to a renowned grandmaster (Jaan Ehlvest) in an eight game match, and the computer is leading 3-0! 
     You can either take this as evidence of the superiority of shogi over chess, or as a forecast of things to come in shogi. I think it's not so many years away that a shogi program will spot the Meijin a lance and defeat him. Few could have imagined this would happen in chess, but it has, and shogi will be next.

     Larry Kaufman, chess International Master and Shogi amateur 5 Dan.


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; By a curious twist of 
fate, just as computer shogi programs are reaching the level where they can 
compete with pros without a handicap (as planned for Bonanza shortly), in chess 
the opposite has just occurred. A match is now taking place in which computer 
chess program "Rybka" is giving a pawn handicap to a renowned grandmaster (Jaan 
Ehlvest) in an eight game match, and the computer is leading 3-0! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You can either take this 
as evidence of the superiority of shogi over chess, or as a forecast of things 
to come in shogi. I think it's not so many years away that a shogi program will 
spot the Meijin a lance and defeat him. Few could have imagined this would 
happen in chess, but it has, and shogi will be next.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Larry Kaufman, chess 
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