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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by chki on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:47PM (#21650712)
>So there was a window between the 90's and today where a human player could have discarded the traditional measuring sticks of "trade-value" and beaten DeepBlue.

I have to disagree: even after the discoveries by Alpha Zero, the best chess players are not able to beat Stockfish. Stockfish is just too good at Brute forcing long tactical advantages. Playing really well positionally doesn't matter a lot if your opponent can look 30 moves into the future.

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Re:Go master Lee Se-dol says he quits, unable to win over AI... by arcticfox on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:13PM (#21650960)
They said Deep Blue, not Stockfish. Stockfish is vastly stronger.

I'm not sure how big the window was, if it existed, but it seems like it might have. Kasparov and Deep Blue themselves were fairly equally matched, it doesn't seem impossible that Kasparov + AI-aided theories would have a window of advantage over the Deep Blue -> Stockfish evolution.

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