Author: Danniel Corbit
Date: 08:03:10 07/15/98
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On July 14, 1998 at 10:52:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: [snip] >>I do not think DT was a true GM >>do you think DT is better than the top microcomputers? > >not just better but significantly better. It was a true GM based on the >Fredkin requirement that it play 24 games and that it's performance over >24 straight games remain over 2500. It met that some time back. [snip] Disagree. Here is the official FIDE grandmaster list: http://www.fide.org/info/gmdirect.htm DT is not on the list. DT is not a GM. Simple. Without meeting the official requirements for becoming a GM, the program is not a GM. An interesting aside is that the best chess player in the world may never have played in a tournament. He/She might be able to beat every player in the world without ever losing a game. But that player is not a GM until proven. If we are trying to establish, "Can program Fritz beat a GM?" I think the answer is surely yes. Probably every good commercial chess program can do it. I'll bet that every program in KKUP 2 could defeat one, given enough games. On the other hand, if a large number of GM's played hundreds of serious games against each of these programs, I believe a flaw would be discovered in each and every one of them [probably in the approach of a couple GM's as well!].
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