Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 07:25:20 06/22/99
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On June 22, 1999 at 10:20:18, Harald Faber wrote: >On June 21, 1999 at 13:15:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >>On June 20, 1999 at 13:14:24, odell hall wrote: >>>Hi CCC >>> I Guess no one has any lame excuses about this result, since the time control >>>was 40/2. I think it now clear to everyone the computers have reached the >>>grandmaster level!!. Show me a team of internation masters that could achieve >>>such results in a million years! And this was not one game!! , but Five! > >>Despite your insistent pleas, this is not evidence of GM level. GM norms are >>mathematically described in the rules for FIDE, USCF, or similar governing >>bodies. When computers have managed to perform as described, then they will be >>playing at GM level. Since they have not, we cannot say that they are and we >>also cannot say that they are not. We really do not know. To pretend that we >>do know is bad science. > >How is the chance of getting a FIDE-title for a chess program? What does the >FIDE charter say about chee programs competing in human tournaments? What does >USCF say? Actually, I don't think the *title* matters. If the programs pass the exact same tests, then they are GM's in ability whether they have a title or not. It's sort of like being awarded a black belt. If someone passes all the promotion tests and can whip the snot out of you, they don't need a piece of paper to tell us they can do it. So it is the tests that matter. Not the title. IMO-YMV. Of course without the title, they won't *be* GM's. But if they pass all the tests that will be ample demonstration that they play at GM ability.
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