Author: blass uri
Date: 06:07:37 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 08:59:21, Christopher R. Dorr wrote: >I disagree, > >Kasparov has taken on teams of several GM's at once before, and won handily. I >believe it was the German National team two or three years ago (Somebody please >correct me if I'm wrong). If Today's programs are GMs at 40/2 (which I believe >to be the case, but which has not been conclusively proven yet), then they are >fairly average GMs, i.e. 2500-2550 FIDE. I would bet that Kasparov could defeat >32 FIDE 2500 GM's in a simul. Probably not with a lopsided score, but still >probably something in the neighborhood of 18-14. I'm about USCF 2200, and >believe that I could defeat a team of 1850s/1900s with a similar score, and that >is a similar rating differential. Additionally, I think it would be even easier >for Kaspy against the comps, as even the best micros still have identifiable and >exploitable weaknesses, and Kaspy has a great deal of experience against comps. >Against today's comps, I'd venture a score of perhaps 20-12 in favor of Kaspy. > >Chris I disagree Kasparov had problems against Genius3 in 25 minutes/game and it was with old hardware(he lost 1.5:.5 against p90 and won 1.5:.5 against p120). kasparov probably can get only 50% if he plays against 6 computers in a simultan(3 hours/game) because he has only 30 minutes against every computer and I assume that kasparov is at the same level as computers in 30 minutes/game. 2 hours/40 moves is something close to 3 hours/game so I expect 50% against 6 computers and less than 50% against 32 computers. Uri
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