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

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 21:41:34 02/03/03

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On February 03, 2003 at 20:56:58, Peter Hegger wrote:

>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

Peter, there's no point, arguing with Rolf, he knows best, always.



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