Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:04:30 05/17/00
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On May 17, 2000 at 08:08:42, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>On May 17, 2000 at 04:01:08, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2000 at 21:37:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>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...
>>
>>Look at the header, it's a question regarding PC programs. Deep thought wasn't a
>>P.C. program, was it? What about Cray Blitz?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Mogens
>
>Thanks for clarifying the issue Mr Larsen, Frans has just accomplished a great
>task with his Program Fritz SSS. This is what we were waiting for a long time
>for a P.C. program to be able to play a la par with a GM rated over 2500 on a
>regular P.C. I remember 13 years ago reading a statement from Larry Kaufman
>saying that it would take a least 15 years for a P.C. program to beat a 2500
>rated player on a P.C. giving the fact that processors were doubling speed every
>year.
Mchess (not even Mchess Pro) did this many years ago when it beat Christiansen
at tournament time controls. This was on a 486/33 I believe.
Albert Silver
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