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Subject: Re: Rebel Shows GM strength once AGAIN(draws Baburin)

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 02:18:40 12/05/99

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On December 05, 1999 at 01:02:14, Charles Unruh wrote:

>On December 04, 1999 at 18:41:53, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On December 04, 1999 at 17:07:23, John Warfield wrote:
>>
>>>On December 04, 1999 at 16:40:02, Charles Unruh wrote:
>>>
>>>>How much does it take to show blind men that Comps are GM strength.  A program
>>>>beats a GM, draws several more, then beats lithuanian national team, Draws a
>>>>40/2 with Anand and there are people here who want to make out that it's hardly
>>>>USCF master strength!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>  I agree!! And this kind of thinking is coming from people who are soppose to
>>>be so smart??? One man holds this entire newsgroup hostage, if that man were to
>>>change his mind tommorow about the GM issue then the whole group would follow,
>>>mindless idiots.
>>
>>For every game you show me where the program beat the GM, I will show you
>>another one where an under 2300 beat the program. Go look at the Aegon games,
>>for instance.
>>
>>Signed: a blind man and mindless idiot.
>
>
>How many years and computer generations ago was Aegon?  What you might want to
>show me is how many masters or Even IMs could draw ANAND in a 40/2, beat the
>lithuanian nat'l team, beat GM sherbakov, Draw 2593 Alexander Baburin, Be called
>a GM strength by Larry Kaufman, all in a matter of a few months.  If you could
>find one, there isn't a soul alive that would say he was lucky as opposed to GM
>strength.

Hi!

Remember that Rebel have performed this good in match-play, so you can probably
add 50-150 elo in tournament-play without increments. Strangely most
commentators have simply "forgotten" all about this.

Regards Bertil SSDF



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