Author: Harald Faber
Date: 08:09:51 06/22/99
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On June 22, 1999 at 10:25:20, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>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. OK, so the final decisive question: Are chess programs allowed to participate, and if so under which conditions, in "normal" human tournaments?
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