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Subject: Re: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 02:57:20 02/04/03

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On February 04, 2003 at 05:37:58, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On February 04, 2003 at 01:53:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>In my opinion grandmasters do not belong to the sort of chessplayers to prove
>>the real strength of computer programs. The mental pressure to win if some
>>million people are watching the games is too high. The GM's should avoid
>>fighting vs computers otherwise they ruin their playing style. Let 2000-2200 ELO
>>human beings (with solid playing syle) fight vs computers and then (I suppose)
>>you will see that ELO computer rating is going to drop about 300-400 ELO.
>>Kurt
>
>I severly doubt that. The 2200 players I know do not get a positive score over
>the top engines. When computers participate in such tournaments, they will very
>likely come out a winners. (Like Hiarcs in Argentinia i.e.)
>
>regards
>Andy

It is not a question of getting a positive score over the top engines but the
relation between wins/draws/losses of 2200 ELO players vs 2700-2800 ELO rated
computerprograms.
Kurt



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