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Subject: Re: Maximum ELO

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:15:49 06/09/99

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On June 08, 1999 at 17:31:47, Christoph Fieberg wrote:

>Humans are far away from playing perfect chess but computers will come more and
>more closer to it. At the turn of the century the best computer (Deep Blue) and
>the best human (G. Kasparov) are roughly at the same level of about Elo 2800. I
>assume that this will not last very long and that in the next 20 years the best
>computer (X1) will score 80% against the best human meaning that will see chess
>at Elo level 3040.
>
>I could imagine that if chess software and computer hardware will steadly be
>improved one of the next chess computer generation (X2) will beat the
>predecessor (X1) finally also with a 80% score pushing the Elo level up to 3280.
>
>X3 will do the same with X2 (Elo level then 3520), X4 will do the same with X3
>(Elo level then 3760) and so on and so on. X5 reachs Elo 4000 and after some
>hundred years X30 will gain Elo 10000!
>
>If it was ever possible that computers played absolutely perfect chess the
>MAXIMUM Elo number would be determined.
>
>The gnawing question is: HOW HIGH IS THE MAXIMUM ELO NUMBER?
>
>Or in other words: How far are humans and computers away from playing perfect
>chess?
>
>Regards,
>Christoph Fieberg


The maximum Elo number is _already_ known.  It looks like the number "8" but it
is laying on its side...  :)



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