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Subject: Re: Is Fritz SSS the first P.C. Program to ever achieve this ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:37:13 05/16/00

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On May 16, 2000 at 21:00:44, Victor Valenzia wrote:

>On May 16, 2000 at 18:35:05, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>I believe that Fritz SSS is the first P.C. Program to ever beat a GM rated over
>>2500 using this time control, Since Rebel Monthly challenge time control is game
>>in 2 hours plus 1 hours for the remaining of the game. Please correct me if I'm
>>wrong on this.
>>
>>PS: I don't have any doubts that Rebel can also accomplish the same, if
>>Schroeder decides to change the time control, allowing an extra 30 minutes to
>>finish the game.
>
>I might be mistaken, but I believe that Chessmaster beat Yasser Seirawan in
>tournament time control.  This was several years ago.


Deep Thought beat more than one GM in tournament time controls.  Cray Blitz
beat van den Sterren in 1985 or 1986 in a long game.  It has happened many times
now...



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