European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 11. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 Ai machine earns rank of master Ipei up Cheri the pole rank of myths of play mid .1 latino Ever Given n associated press w Pla Salni Qili for the i t Hampton step. A Snupik computer .va1. I an master a just five i the if vhf machine the elec ironic Whiz is called h tech. Capable of Analy in 175.000 moves per scr and which if creators say i. 50 porch it faster than any other chess playing machine ii beats Solhei computers and holds its own against humans. It s both smart and fast it s very very Strong in tactics and the ability to calculate sequences said . Hans Berliner a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who helped create Hitech. What sets it apart from other computers is we re Able to evaluate a position with a High degree of sophistication very very said Berliner. I think we have a real Chance to penetrate the very lop Levels. Well be in the top 50 players in the country by the end of next Hitech three years in the making won the first tournament it played May 25 by mid october its record was 19-3 3. Berliner said the defeats came when it was new to Competition. In the recent grueling championship contest in the soviet Union Garri Kasparov finally Defeated Anatoly Karpov. Making him the youngest chess Champion in history at the age of 22. In the United Stales recently. Hitech whipped iwo human masters at a local tournament and Drew a third. It also established supremacy Over All other machines by winning the North american computer chess championship in Denver. The victories earned Milech the rank of master based on a numerical formula that weighs won lost records and the level of Competition. Hitech s ranking is about 2,250. The Best human is near 2.800. Hitech is the highest rated computer we Ever had said David Gertler of the . Chess federation and assistant editor of chess Lite Magazine. A computer named Belle was the first machine to earn the master s rank in 1983, but it has since slipped to expert. Of 30,902 players rated by the . Chess federation Erma Bombeck . Hani Berliner and Kirech the a Iasi master. Lie-.-. Machine corp h years Ai o to get . Riot. Fat i computer Ince at i work on the " and a h i. Puter, of the Chev Hoard that i pics the Jet oni. A move is judged on whether it captures in opposing piece. It it pull a Friendly pit in Polardy and Al improves the Lon Liol of the Boal it s More than us Speed Worp applying . On Many ,.r,.,it Tevius said Refl mar at most a human considers Ahmit i1 pos Sittle a move Tea Kyj on p. Penance and into lion a Lite uti do rely i a a every pos Ihli Inov Avan i i trial might be n a i we re looking i an awful lol of i a it look /. I 30 i in to Jio in to tired nvnutp1, rut what it Only 1 . Is world Btij that s till to 000 moves an. Eli timer Berliner Sai t it would ii 10 1. Of forr computer can Jan t to Aith him like/., of Kasparov rut hip t Ull. I Orsati la rut , Ittu . Said i Region the practical Side. Biviam Aid a Moc pro Janis Roul a i of Ifica Mako i of iiav1 a Cut la Zillor connect i it jail act in has a up of in n j the move of the pieces arid he corp Ter could make millions of calculations in a few Minuti s it s a valuable research tool Titi a tremendous Power of he said the interesting thing about science is Vou never know what you up going to i nil " t Wenty years ago i publicly passed sentence on Christmas was a terrible Way to enter the joyous season of Christmas to learn that other peo ple s children were sleeping dry at age 3 months and that de and Margaret got 18 Miles to the gallon out of their camper on the Way to raw sewage Lake. I Lound these xeroxed diaries impersonal and Boring and if their poodle was depressed following her Hysterectomy i really did t care. Most letter miters would begin with january and Slop Oil at every month to share some accomplishment discuss in great detail How 4-year-old Robbie was selected to conduct the Cleveland symphony. Some of them would include pictures of the family so dark and blotched they looked like Rorschach tests. Some of them set Down their achievements in poetry form. You d be amazed to discover How they could Lind a rhyme for affluent and Prodi every year i gel hundreds of newsletters from people who want to convert me prove to me that people enjoy hearing what their family has done in the past year every year i save one to run on the following year in Observance of this joyous Holiday. The following newsletter in its original form ran Tor ? Page. It is trimmed and the names changed m the name of mercy and mental health "wish1mg you god s richest blessings this Christmas dear friends and relatives on june 15, Madge went Home to be with the l Ord As we were eating supper she began to shake and i put my arms around her. She stiffened out and i believe she died in my arms but the Hospital said no it was a Lew hours later. In july. Aunt Ceil somewhat reluctantly left her Home on Grimes Avenue to live in an apartment with my folks. However it was Short lived As mom passed away two weeks later. The week dad moved out she had a bad spell and a so Roku she has her shoulder and her Eye i it was not very Good i might mention dial Marcjan t had a heart attack .t to aunt cell s stroke Stuart and Sarah were married in september and dad decided he d move into Stuart s room Here i go again i m ust beginning to see Dayi Nyht we have lost several relatives and intends this year during the sum Mer it seemed like every week Soru one close passed away. Martin said he spent his whole vacation going to funerals and was glad logo Back to work. Wishing you All a b Essed Christmas and a Lonous new that is the Winner of last year s Competition Lor Joy to the it lops the one the year before where there was a picture of an pile Ray family member with breathing tubes in his nose i beg Allol you newsletter water Don t try to cheer me up this year. I can t stand in
