Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 23:09:20 09/24/04
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On September 24, 2004 at 07:43:57, Joachim Rang wrote: >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: GM = Fide-GM Arno Nickel is not a Fide-GM. So that experiment does not happen right now. Michael > >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. With the help of a computer it´s very easy. Michael > >regards Joachim
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