Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 13:25:12 02/04/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 15:55:01, Chessfun wrote: >On February 04, 2003 at 08:22:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On February 04, 2003 at 08:07:40, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On February 04, 2003 at 01:42:21, Kurt Utzinger 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 >>>> >>>>Hi Rolf >>>>I agree for the simple reason that spoken for myself (1980-200O ELO) I still get >>>>a score of about 30 percent vs the top programs, of course without playing >>>>anticomputerchess. And if the comps should have 2700 ELO and more, it would >>>>almost be impossible for me to get a draw. Please also have a look at >>>>http://www.skpfaeffikon.ch/Utzinger/Downloads/MyChessViewer/man.htm >>>>Kurt >>> >>>I do not know. >>> >>>It is possible that you can get also 30% against 2700 players and it is also >>>possible that your style is better against computers. >>> >>>It is possible that a player has a style that let him to get 50% against 2000 >>>players and 30% against 2700 players. >>> >>>I have similiar elo to your elo but I do not think that I can get 30% against >>>the top programs. >>> >>>It may be interesting to know how much can you get against Movei without special >>>anti computer style(Movei is not at the level that it can get 30% against the >>>top programs). >>> >>>Uri >> >>Never would I get 30 % against 2700 players, that's the point I argue that >>something must be wrong with the high ELO ratings of the top programs. If I find >>the time I would like to make the following experiment: let play a well known >>(top solid) club collegue with over 2100 ELO vs some top programs. I am almost >>sure he will not lose more than 4-6. This man is much stronger than myself but >>has somewhat the same quiet style, being able to hold a position balanced. And >>as to Movei: it could happen that my results are worse than vs Fritz8, Shredder7 >>and so on. To demonstrate what I mean the following example: My feared opponent >>is the good old MchessPro 8.0 with one single draw for me out of six games!! >>Kurt > > >Anytime you wish to try the "experiment" I will play your friend from my account >at Chess.net,"G-N-U". > >Personally I am now convinced that professional programs are clearly of super GM >strength, maybe not in the same way but by performance alone they would qualify. > >I myself have posted wins of mine against top programs and posted the first two >games I played against Rebel Century 4 at the beta forum but for me it isn't >it's strength against me that counts. Could a PC program like any human qualify >and hold it's super GM rating over a period of time, IMO all data suggests >strongly that it could. > >Sarah. Could you please send us all the games or give us the exact link? Thanks so much. Rolf Tueschen
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