Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 16:30:58 09/11/05
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On September 11, 2005 at 18:49:05, Amir Ban wrote: >As for the implied suggestion in your reasoning, that significant strength >improvement in computer chess is not equivalent to improvement in chess proper, >give us another break. This throws us a decade back to the somewhat primitive >suggestions by some that the apparent great advances and achievements of engines >then meant nothing: They are not GM strength, some mythical 2000 player can beat >them any time, last night on ICC this and that happened, etc. etc. Luckily for >us, we don't have to endure these myths any longer as events have forced these >people into silence. > >Amir Wrong. It's only the rising perfection of adding opening books and tables which allow these programs to fake GM strength. Without it these machines are still as dumb as or even dumber than 2000 players with experience of anti-computer chess. That this fake is violating the FIDE laws should be clear.
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