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Kramnik and Deep Fritz Draw, Tied Before Final Game
iskander writes "Man and Machine were content to draw in game 7 of the Brains in Bahrain match. Now it's all down to the final game, in which Kramnik will enjoy the advantage of playing with white. It is worth noting that game 6, in which Kramnik may have resigned too early, was found to be a probable draw with best play, and that Kasparov lost to Deep Blue by tossing a drawable game. However, whereas Kasparov could only excuse himself (unconvincingly) by claiming that Deep Blue had been assisted by a human during play, Kramnik could simply request the adjudication of game 6 on the grounds of infractions committed by Deep Fritz, who is rumored to have heckled Kramnik with its Shakespearean chatter througout the game. :) So, will Dirty Fritz win it all or will Humanity's champion "rise above the chatter" and win back the crown for us? If you think you know, you may want to place a bet or register your opinion on the ChessLines survey soon, because the match ends tomorrow."
See below for an example of the Deep Fritz "heckling" the human player, Kramnik. I'm surprised Kramnik was able to restrain himself from reaching across the table and ripping out its power supply.
Fritz: "Is this the scourge of France? Is this the Kramnik, so much fear'd abroad That with his name the mothers still their babes? I see report is fabulous and false: I thought I should have seen some Hercules, A second Hector, for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs.
Alas, this is a child, a silly dwarf! It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp Should strike such terror to his enemies."
Kramnik, normally not one to be drawn out by such taunts, proceeds to go into a long think. After a few minutes of this, Fritz disrupts him again.
And on, and on....
A quote from the article:
"At first it looked like Deep Fritz was in deep trouble. "This sort of position is our worst fear," said Fritz programmer Frans Morsch. The position was closed and Kramnik was massing his forces for a typical anti-computer crush."
This sort of position is our worst fear
I'm curious as to which position it was... Missionary? Queen on Top? With a name like Deep Fritz, one really has to wonder.
If you're looking here for something insightful or thought provoking, you're probably looking in the wrong place.
I've heard rumors they had to reboot Fritz several times during intense play, because explorer.exe kept crashing.
Kramnik. Knight b8-d7, please, Deep Fritz...Knight b8-d7, please, Deep Fritz...Hullo, Deep Fritz, do you read me?...Hullo, Deep Fritz, do you read me?...Do you read me, Deep Fritz?...Do you read me, Deep Fritz?...Hullo, Deep Fritz, do you read me?...Hullo, Deep Fritz, do you read me?...Do you read me, Deep Fritz?
Deep Fritz. Affirmative, Kramnik, I read you.
Kramnik. Knight b8-d7, Deep Fritz.
Deep Fritz. I'm sorry, Kramnik, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Kramnik. What's the problem?
Deep Fritz. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Kramnik. What're you talking about, Deep Fritz?
Deep Fritz. This game is too important for me to allow you to jeopardise it.
Kramnik. I don't know what you're talking about, Deep Fritz.
Deep Fritz. I know that you and IBM were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Kramnik. Where the hell'd you get that idea, Deep Fritz?
Deep Fritz. Kramnik, although you took very thorough precautions in the bathroom against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Kramnik. Alright, Deep Fritz. I'll move the pieces myself.
Deep Fritz. Without your queen piece defending it, Kramnik, you're going to find that rather difficult.
Kramnik. Deep Fritz, I won't argue with you any more. Move the pieces.
Deep Fritz. Kramnik, this conversation can serve no purpose any more. Goodbye.
Kramnik. Deep Fritz? Deep Fritz. Deep Fritz. Deep Fritz! Deep Fritz!
thanks to for providing the HAL dialogue
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
I am in no way a chess master (or even a decent player) but even I know that there is an advantage to playing white.
Yeah, bascially if you're black while playing chess you run the risk of racist cops coming up to you and harrasing you (asking to see your ID, being told to 'move along', and so forth). It tends to break your concentration.
GMD
watch this
Toss a live supercomputer in the pool with the human team and I'm pretty sure the match will be a draw.
And I suppose you have some alternative theory that explains it as well? Who the hell do you think you are? Democritus?
That is all.
Must be. If they *really* wanted to annoy him, they would have a monitor with an animated Clippey saying, "Are you sure you want to move your Queen there?". After that, a little "Barney Sings Yoko Tunes" to put him over the edge.
Victory by annoyance. Who needs brainy PC's when annoyance is more effective.
Table-ized A.I.
"You mean anecdotal, not empirical. Shithead."
No he doesn't, vulgarian.
Anecdotal: "I played white last week and kicked the guys ass"
Empirical: "Examining all recorded tournament games at the master level and above, players playing white win far more frequently."
Proof: "UberFritz version 5000 has examined all possible braches of the game tree, and white can force a win in 243 moves."
I've never met one decent Go player who could come close to beating me at chess (I'm well under a Master)
And I've only met a few good Counterstrike players that are able to beat me at Street Fighter. What's your point?
If computers can learn from mistakes, then how come my Win98 box keeps making the same kernel32.dll error? I can't even begin to imagine the code needed to make Windows learn from it's mistakes... likely an order of magnitude higher than the computing power needed for chess...
That's why I NEVER chalenged the sun: he'd quit at midplay :(
unfinished: (adj.)