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

Author: James Robertson

Date: 15:57:13 12/05/99

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On December 05, 1999 at 03:09:25, John Warfield 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.
>
>
>  What your missing!! Is that I can also show you as many games where
>Grandmasters have lost to 2300 players, this happens as you well know. So what's
>your point?

You really miss it don't you. If a program beats a 2500 player 3 times and loses
to a 2300 3 times the performance rating is not 2500.

Similarily, a GM cannot be a GM by losing as many games to 2300 players as he
wins against GMs.

James



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