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

Author: Peter Hegger

Date: 17:56:58 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 19:05:27, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>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

Rolf,
Chess Tiger 14 had a 2788 TPR (all against strong humans) at a tournament in
Argentina. This venue was hardly a "show" event.
These were "fierce" tournament opponents that weren't about to tank their games
against CT14 for any reason.
Regards,
Peter




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