"the problem of eternity"
All computers suffer from the inheriate flaw of 'eternity'
Real flaw, that as your able to calculate more problems, your probability of making the right decision is lowered.
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Why is it so difficult for Deep Blue to beat Kasparov when computers can calculate the moves so blindingly fast?
Chess is a simple game, but not as easy as it looks. Most chess devotees think of it as an art or a sport, with certain unquantifiable attributes. The majority of grandmasters believe that Kasparov will not be beaten this year by Deep Blue, and many believe that he will never be beaten by a computer.
Although chess has a finite number of possible outcomes that the computer must analyze, there are subtleties that do not easily subject themselves to objective analysis. Material is easy to evaluate, but what happens when a human player offers a gambit? In evaluating whether material gain makes up for a possible loss of positional strength, the computer is no longer comparing apples to apples. Sophisticated programs like Deep Blue must have ways of evaluating gambits, and declining them if necessary. In the past, offering gambits, directing the game into positions with maximum subtlety, and other such strategies have allowed top players like Kasparov to beat computers. Last year, Deep Blue showed an ability to correctly detect gambits but faltered when Kasparov changed strategies mid-game. The Deep Blue development team suggests that this strategy will be adequately defensed by the computer. But Kasparov may be planning other ingenious tactics for this year's match that Deep Blue will be unable to handle.
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Deep Blue can examine and evaluate up to 200,000,000 chess positions per second
Garry Kasparov can examine and evaluate up to three chess positions per second
"Kasparov said before this match that man would always beat the machine, barring human error or loss of concentration." quote
All programs are flawed in some way, mostly for the fact that they can be analyized, then exploited.
Winning and Losing is all about exploiting the 'others' weakness, which everything has, be it man or machine.
A 'robot' is never going to beat out Man, man invented it. Man will always have this 'edge'
Depth Trade
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