If it is really clever it might even devise a repertoire for itself tailored to

If it is really clever, it might even devise a repertoire for itself, tailored to defeat humans. And it should be allowed to make its own decisions on draw offers. Also, the machine lost the fifth game after its operators had turned down an offer of a draw. Deep Blue needs to be left plugged in for a few months to re-write its own openings book. Cut down the pollution of human intelligence: In the third game, Deep Blue adopted a worse move in the opening than it had played in the first game. It transpired that the machine’s grandmaster consultants had been “improving” its openings book between games.

The more sophisticated its judgement, the fewer positions it has time to analyse. Yet if it makes judgemental mistakes of this magnitude, there must be something deeply wrong with the manner in which it assesses positions.3. By playing 28…Ra8? 29.a5 a6?? 30.b6 Bb8?? the machine condemned its rook and bishop to a living death. One cannot play like that without knowing for certain that Black will eventually free the trapped pieces, perhaps by playing f6 and e5, but even a human can see that such a dream is overly optimistic.There is a trade-off between calculation and judgement in any computer chess program. On the other hand, some drastic changes are needed to improve its long-term judgement: In the second, fifth and sixth games, Deep Blue accepted positional disadvantages that any human would have avoided instinctively.Look at the diagram position (above right) after Kasparov’s 28.a4 in the final game. Nothing must be done that will interfere with its main advantage over humans: its ability to calculate long variations with perfect accuracy.
2. Here is a three-point plan for computer domination of chess:

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Don’t make any drastic changes: Deep Blue did, after all, win one game against Kasparov Its tactical control of the opening game was impressive. Where do Deep Blue’s programmers go after the defeat of their monster by Kasparov? The post-mortem on the games reveals clear causes for its demise, but there are great problems to be solved if a later version is to be inoculated against the fatal illness. Winners: Peter Charlton, Jean Hancock, Allan Beavers.8 February competition:Answers: 2 Sons of Eve (Cain and Abel), 4 Railway Stations on a Monopoly Board, 6 Numbers on a Die, 8 Black Pawns in a Chess Set, 10 Square Root of a Hundred.Winners: Gerald Townsend, Mark W Evans, Christine Harrop.. Can you fill in the missing words? Three Chambers Dictionary prizes await correct answers.1789 D of the F R1806 P in the S R2916 I of the I I T41760 M in F T Y14,097,618 C V in the L G EEntries, by 5 Mar, to: Pastimes, The Independent, 1 Canada Sq, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DL.1 February competition:Answers: 1 Letter in a First Person Singular Pronoun; 3 Little Pigs; 5 Lines in a Limerick; 5 Great Lakes of North America; 11 Ladies Dancing. The companion HER5 went for pounds 8,050.3,730,606: one-franc coins delivered by a gambler to the French revenue offices in payment of tax on his winnings.50,000,000: the approximate number of people in the United Kingdom who have not yet tasted ostrich, according to Breadwinner, a sandwich company now offering an ostrich and olive filling.Competition: Another set of our “26 L of the A” (Letters of the Alphabet) teasers. The card, from Gerry Malone (MP for Winchester) to Emma Frost, reminding her that she is now old enough to vote, was missing a stamp.
2,142: record-players out of which Martin Gutierrez Sandoval, a retired Mexican, has made a Volkswagen Beetle.14,375: pounds fetched by a 1987 Mini with number plate HI5. Here are a few of the numbers particularly worth remembering from the past week:

34: the number of pence an 18-year-old had to pay to receive a birthday card from her local MP.

But all the people of the city had seen what happened and they whispered behind the Emperor’s back, and spoke only well of the boy…The destruction of the rainforests and the plight of the world’s poor, which is what Jackson’s performance was “about”, are real and serious problems Michael Jackson is a great musician and a great dancer. Unfortunately, he is also turning into a great prat.So I say: Free the Pulp One! Use all means to defend citizen Cocker.The writer received a Brit award on Monday evening for Best Producer.. Jarvis, here seen as the voice of the people, pricked the balloon, and the big men on stage disguised as deprived Third Worlders jumped him.Naturally he lost his balance, as you do when grown-up men try to mount you, and on the way down may have brushed some poor, poor babies whose parents are now reported to be considering legal action.It is also alleged he stepped on someone’s toe which any reasonable person would agree is almost the worst thing you could do to a child.Anyway, after the “show”, the Emperor’s army apprehended the boy who had laughed, and he spent the night in the deep, cold dungeons. I just wish I’d had the presence of mind to do it myself, and I think most sentient creatures in the room felt the same way. Someone had to say: “NO! This is total crap and not what we’re about” .The contrast between the ironic, bright, self-aware and radical British musicians present – who included Tricky, Pulp, David Bowie, Oasis, Radiohead and Massive Attack – and Jackson’s self-serving, sentimental, wide-eyed eco-gloop was excruciating. Of course, this is only my personal opinion, you understand.When Jarvis Cocker mounted the stage and did his waggle dance (shortly after God had been embraced by a rabbinical figure, adored by assorted kiddies and was being hoisted to Heaven on a crane), we jumped up and cheered.