Author: Chris Carson
Date: 17:25:06 07/28/00
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On July 28, 2000 at 17:15:34, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On July 28, 2000 at 16:44:24, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>Hi! >> >>Speake out! >> >>What do you mean with "clearly inflated". As most people understand it's not >>very much inflation in the SSDF-list. The difference between now and then is >>that people nowadays know how to play a computer. Compare it with the program of >> your choice with the results from yesterday and today. I have played thousands >>of games against Mach3 (Avantgarde) and my results today is much better. Why?! >>I guess Mach3 is still as strong as before against an unexperienced player or is >>it a year 2000 problem....? > >So they didn't really need that 8 cpu Primergy monsterfridge after all. A single >average AMD chip would be sufficient for Fritz to achieve a GM norm? I think I >better get me a version of Fritz and use it in some of the local tournaments. >Maybe I can become a pretend GM :o)). > >Best wishes... >Mogens We disagree here. I do believe that Fritz on a single chip (AMD 450 or faster) could achieve a GM norm. I would not be surprised if other top programs on the list achieved a 2600 or higher TPR (or a much lower one) based on the ratings. Ok, I can accept that you do not like the association, you mentioned educated guess, how would I do that if not from a testing and stats point of view? Best Regards, Chris Carson
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