Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 04:43:57 09/24/04
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On September 24, 2004 at 05:07:52, stuart taylor wrote: >On September 24, 2004 at 04:44:23, jim r uselton wrote: > >>Hello, I'm a newbie at computer chess and I have a question. How strong are the >>programs you buy right off the shelf. The Fritz, the Shredder, etc., etc. >> >>Will they play at GM strength or do you need a strong player guiding and >>controlling move selection? > >The top programs on normal PC's of today, will often beat a GM, perhaps even >more often than not. If even a GM wants to have a fighting chance, he has to be >very familiar with computer style chess. > >This does not mean that a GM doesn't understand better than a computer. Any GM >SHOULD beat a computer in almost any game, but that is now very hard to >actualize any more, so you might as well say that computers are equal to a >strong GM, but in a certain way. > >I think that if any GM would analyze absolutely determined to win, like in >correspondents chess, then he could win (or draw) almost any game off any >computer, even if the computer was also left analyzing for that same amount of >time. But the GM would have to work very very hard. > >S.Taylor exactly that kind of experiment is happening right now: http://www.chessfriend.com Select "GM Nickel - Engines" in the Navigation. so far it seems an engine with a dedicated and decent (not top) computer analyzing at CC-time-controls (several days per move) is playing on GM-Level in Correspondence Chess too. Of course Arno Nickel did some minor mistakes but the match indicates that even on CC it is nowadays very hard for a human to beat a computer. regards Joachim > > > > >> Also, what percentage of top CC players use program >>assistance in their CC games? >> >>Thanks
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