Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 04:46:48 02/04/03
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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 you are the only one... a pity that YOU don't read: http://www.chessbase.com/columns/column.asp?pid=160 Quote: Discussing this with ChessBase director and computer chess guru Frederic Friedel, we surmise that today's top programs play consistently at a 2500-2600 level of chess quality. The difference is that they instantly and mercilessly punish every human mistake and almost never let a winning position slip. This near-elimination of the margin for error pushes their practical performance up toward the 2800 level.
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