Computer Chess Page #2

Check, check, check, check,

back and forth,

over and over again,

lost in a loop.

Very, very embarrassing,

wouldn't you say?

Er, yes.

It was not our finest moment.

But you bring up a good point.

I think we've seen a lot of increase

in hardware speed,

it's definitely led to stronger game play.

In fact I think we're searching the tree

deeply enough now

that we're catching

pretty much all of the tactical issues.

But STASIA's greatest weakness,

which I think is the same weakness

all our programmes share,

is that it really has a very poor understanding

of the positional issues.

So this year at MI we've hired a grandmaster to help us out.

He's helped us come up with a couple rules

on the endgame specifically

that will hopefully help us

avoid the comedy that we saw last year.

Mr Papageorge,

we haven't heard from you yet.

You usually have

a very unique opinion, so...

(Clears throat) Frankly Pat,

I have to tell you I find the programming

of my fellow competitors here

to be almost as boring as this discussion.

(Laughter and clapping)

Why, because the machine can't compete

against the human soul?

(Henderson) Very interesting!

Sure, sooner or later

somebody's gonna write a programme

that's gonna beat you in '83, in '85,

who cares?

Listen, you guys

are just trying to eke out

one little victory

versus each other, you know?

You get here this year,

you get here next year.

My programme is seeking harmonies,

seeking innovations...

- I'm not entirely sure...

- That's what I'm doing!

...from the perspective of programming

that it actually means anything.

(Papageorge) Well, we'll see

when we get to the competition.

(Woman) Could you please

spell your name for me, sir?

Sure, it's P-A-P-A-G-E-O-R-G-E.

I don't see anything here.

- I'm sorry.

- P-A-P-A-G-E-O-R-G-E?

- No.

- M-I-C-H-A-E-L?

I'm sorry.

I could call to one of the neighbouring hotels

and see if there's an available room.

No, I need to stay at this hotel

where the competition's being held!

(Henderson) Um, I am Pat Henderson,

I am very excited.

We have players from all over America,

Canada, Quebec...

Just great,

and we have something new this year,

we have a lady who is competing,

way in the back corner.

I'm happy about that too,

she's welcome.

So, the way

this tournament works is this,

we play Swiss system -

that's five rounds.

That means everybody keeps playing.

If you lose, you play to the end.

However there is one big winner,

and that winner gets a $7,500 prize.

And the other thing you get to do,

you get to play me.

Stick around for the last day

because I challenge

that winning chess programme.

This will be a gruelling couple of days,

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