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Subject: Re: If comps are only 2500-2600 then....

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 16:05:27 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 18:54:54, Peter Hegger wrote:

>
>...how is it that they now consistently play at the 2700-2800 level? Against
>Kramnik (2810), against Bareev (2729), and now against Kasparov (2807), a
>program is turning in a 2807 performance and very much _holding its own_
>Calling any modern program a 2500 player is akin to calling the above mentioned
>super GM's 2500 players.
>It also looks to me as though the SSDF list is getting closer to the reality of
>the true state of program prowess than (admittedly) it use to be.
>Any comments welcome.
>Regards,
>Peter

A pity that you do not read.   Show events are NOT a possible tool to calculate
the strength.   And hard competition doesn't exist.   That's it.   I still hold
that comps are 2400 at best in fierce tournament chess.


Rolf Tueschen



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