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Computers need more time _ to take on chess masters t i * * . mm _ â€" * ks ow M .o se ue e cliihitie Hhries cuagh +) ind . We Rioiiiniey h s . m I â€" K MPMY . deliveredby carrier _\ ~ . 08 t in WATERLOGO Janet Dietrich was the unfortunate target of the toss. She had to take quite a few of them during the carnival held last week by Sean, Chris, Floyd and Paul Sampson to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy. The Carnival raised $150. of beating him by 1978," Jim said. "I‘m the only one ‘"‘David Levy, a British master, who was also the tournament â€" director ~ for the computer chess chamâ€" pionship in _ Stockholm, placed a substantial bet that there would not be a computer program capable At least one member of the computer chess team from the University of Waterloo, which finished third in the World Computer Chess Championship in Stockhoim early in August, feels that the time is not far off when a master will not be able to beat a comâ€" puter program. However, Jim Parry, a fourth year computer sciâ€" ence student at UW conâ€" cedes he does not have much support from the rest of the Right at the moment, he does not have to werry though. Most computer proâ€" grams can be beaten conâ€" sistently by only moderateâ€" ly good players. may wind up. defending it against a computer proâ€" By John Leckie > If Bobby Fischer holds on to his World Chess Chamâ€" , 119TH YEAR NO. 36 Russell is the chess exâ€" pert of the group and Jim looks after the organizaâ€" tional work for the project. ‘"Russell, who is 19, is rated as one of the top 20 junior players in Canada," Jim said. ‘"Aithough Ron isn‘t rated, he is quite a good player. I‘ve been tryâ€" ing to learn for the past 10 years." â€" "A good player is more likely to build in his or her own style of game," he While it is important to know some chess in order to develop a program, Jim féels it is far more imâ€" portant to be a good proâ€" grammer. All three are members of the Computer Science Club of which Jim is president. ‘‘Ron designed the chess program _ originally _ as course project," Jim exâ€" plained. "He just let it sit for a while after he finished it but then he got interestâ€" ed in it again and started to refine the program." of the team who feels he will lose the bet." l The Waterioo team conâ€" sists of Jim, Ron Hansen, a partâ€"time Masters student and Russell Crook a second year physics student. The job vacancies listed totalled 3,352, down four per cent from last summer while placements totalled 3,040 which is extremely close to last year‘s figure of 3,036 placements. These youngsters were assigned to many houseâ€" Mr. Bovier said one of the successful innovations this year was the Job Corps for 13â€"15 year olds. Registrati o n totalled 7,243 this summer, up 18 per cent from last year. WEDNESDAY, SEBPTEMBER 4, 1974 ‘*We were happy to hold our own this year," he said. ‘"Last year Budd Automoâ€" tive was one of our largest employers and this year they were laying people off. That meant we had to find 50 extra jobs to keep even right there." Job placements did not keep pace with the inâ€" crease in registrations at the Canada Manpower Stuâ€" dent Job Centre this sumâ€" mer but centre director Bill Bovier still feels it was a successful summer. "I think a program will have to be taught to learn by themselves before they will be â€" able to take on any master,""‘ Jim said. ‘"Right now the program is totally pre â€" programmed know â€" ledge. Ron ofter picks up things from the games and programs it to learn manâ€" ually now but it will never be exceptionally strong unâ€" til it learns on its own." In order to improve their third place finish, Jim feels they will have to develop the program in several ways. Registrations up at job centre In order to take on a master, there will have to be someâ€"more drastic chaniges ‘"‘There was a programâ€" ming error which they are going to have to find beâ€" fore the program will be successful,"" Jim said. ‘"There are also proâ€" gramming errors in our proâ€" gram but they don‘t have as dramatic an effect,"‘ he adâ€" than the rest of the proâ€" grams,"" Jim explained. "It played a very strong game until about the midâ€" dle and then totally fell apart." "Instead of choosing the best move of. a possible moves it ~would pick the worst,"" he said. Needless to say, this did not do much for its game. t‘he major weaknesses in the programs developed so. far have been programâ€" ming errors. ‘"‘There was a Hungarian program in the tournament which was programmed to play a lot more offensively doesn‘t know anything about _ *"Right now we have a fairâ€" the game will not be able to <ly typical chess program," assess the relative values he said. "In. order to imâ€" of particular moves in order â€"â€"prove we will have to to write the program .‘ _ eliminate the programming The major weaknesses errors as much as possible in the programs developed and also add some things the so far have been programâ€" other. ~programs haven‘t ming errors. got. Right now Ron is workâ€" ‘‘There was a Hungarian ing on a few ideas that he program in the tournament â€" hopes to have ready for the which was programmed to United States Championship play a lot more offensively in November." E than the rest of the proâ€" The Waterloo team won grams,‘" Jim explained. the Canadian Championship. "It played a very strong heid at the University â€"of game until about the midâ€" Waterloo, in June. During dle and then totally fell the championship they won apart." all their games exeept for "Instead of choosing the Oone draw. ' best move of. a possible In Stockholm, they won moves it would pick the three and lost one. worst," he said. ‘*We actually finished in a Needless to say, this did. tie for second with two not do much for its game. other â€" programs," _ Jim *n ho ~ o hcrie ie + * 4 3 ty 0 ‘"The problem most of them have with hiring stuâ€" dents is that they all leave at the same time to go back to school," he said, "which We did a followâ€"up study with 20 employers, covering as wide a range as possible, and they seemed extremely pleased with the students‘ performance," Mr. Bovier said. The centre also received a considerable amount of positive comment on the student employees in other areas of the community. The _ World _ Computer Chess Championship was held in conjunction with the convention of the Internaâ€" tional Federation for Inforâ€" mation Processing which is held every three years. ‘‘Most of the people we talked to were quite pleasâ€" ed with the work done by the Job Corps," he said. "It is good for the kids because it gives them some work experience when they are not old enough to work in other areas and it is also good for the householder who is looking for someone to take care of odd jobs around the house," Mr. Boâ€" vier said. fourth," he said. ‘"We played the Northwestern program for second place but we lost." â€" Although the team finishâ€" ed third on the strength of their performance at the "Actually, the fourth place program from Univac is a stronger program than The next convention, and the next championship will be held in Toronto in 1977. hold tasks that were phonâ€" ed in to the centre. does not mean they have the third strongest program in the world. & ‘"We had taken fewer moves to defeat our opponâ€" ents than theâ€"Univac proâ€" (continued on page 7) Jim feels it WATERLOO, ONTARIO _ PRICEâ€"10.CENTSâ€" The home, to be located on church property facing Allen Street, will be built with federal assistance. The congregation, at a meeting Aug.18, approved the proâ€" ject and authorized a bank loan to finance the church‘s share of the cost. Aithough a loan of up to $150,000 was approved, it is expected the amount required will be aâ€" Construction . of a 24â€"unit senior citizens heme by the congregation of St. John‘s Lutheran Church, Waterloo, is expected to get underway early in Octoâ€" ber. Start seniors‘ project Aithough he admits he does not know the reason, Mr. Bovier said there was a severe shortage of job listings in early June this year but the jobs started coming in later in the month can leave a fairly big hole to fill in a production line." Peter Schnarr always takes careful aim when he gets a chance to throw a wet sponge at someone as he did last week at the booth he was running for the neighbourhood carnival to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. The contract will be aâ€" warded by a St. John‘s senâ€" ior citizens committee which has been formed to act as agent and administrator. The committee comprises Clarence Bauman, chairâ€" man ; Clifford Roberts, viceâ€" chairman ; Marshall Soehner, secretaryâ€"treasurer; Milton Huehn, Prof. Roy Wentzell and members of the former study committee. s the congregation expects to retire its indebtedness on the church this fall. The project, long considâ€" ered, is now feasible because bout $110,000 Many of the jobs found by the centre were in. either construction or manufactur: ing, but Mr. Bovier said the Job Corps portion of the project made up a formidâ€" able percentage as well. and remained steady through July and August. EY