Author: Graham Laight
Date: 03:05:10 12/23/99
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On December 22, 1999 at 21:42:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> hmm Strange that a man of Science such as yourself would go on "feeling" and >>no facts. Schredder 4 just got finish Drawing Karpov at 40/2, so they could very >>well be near 2700, although I doubt it. By the way what is your rating? I would >>like to know how much chess knowledge is behind these "feelings" >> >> > > >I had a provisional rating of just over 2200. But that was provisional. I >never played in the needed 24 games. I have played a FM on ICC (used to play >him pretty regularly) and generally broke even with him. I'd guess he was >really a 2000-2100 FIDE player as he was not playing much tournament chess >when he was on ICC. > >I have a pretty good 'feeling' about the game. And a lot of my 'feelings' >about how computers play come from both personal observation, plus lots of >discussion with players _far_ stronger than I am, a couple of them being GMs >and a couple more being active IM players... > >As far as going on 'feeling' and not 'fact' that is simply wrong. I haven't >seen any great results by computers against GM players at 40/2. Drawing Karpov >is not bad. But he is a long way from a 2700 player today... Once I see that After all these years of reading Bob's posts, I've finally caught him making an ill-informed comment! Karpov's rating IS 2700. Follow the link below to see the official FIDE ratings: http://www.worldfide.com/fide/html/top100men.html Just goes to show - even the best of us have our off days... -g >programs do play evenly with GM players at 40/2, my estimate will change. But >not until... > > >> >> >> 2700 is an incredibly high >>>rating, better than all but maybe 10 players. I don't believe a computer >>>other than Deep Blue has a prayer of playing at that level, on any hardware >>>forseeable for the next 5 years, assuming the PC platform. >>> >>>Rebel has almost hit 2500 against GM and IM players. to get to 2700 would >>>require a herculean effort. IE it would have to win 3 games for every loss >>>vs 2500 players, which seems impossible at present...
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