Author: Albert Silver
Date: 15:03:49 02/13/00
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On February 13, 2000 at 17:48:35, John Kilkenny wrote:
>On February 13, 2000 at 17:42:24, Bradley Woodward wrote:
>
>>On February 13, 2000 at 16:55:12, John Kilkenny wrote:
>>
>>>like a regular GM(in other words play REGULAR chess), then YES THEY PLAY GM
>>>STRENGTH CHESS! However once GMs learn their weaknesses they will be able to
>>>beat them". A shocking admission by Hyatt, because the arguement has always
>>>been that Comps are GMs at regular chess play! If GMs could learn the
>>>weaknesses of Kasparov and Kasparov had no way to adjust for each opponent.
>>
>>Why is it that some section of the computer chess community feel the urge to
>>turn every victory by a computer over a GM into an attack on Bob Hyatt?
>
> No attack, Just answr the question dude. His name is brought up because he
>is the most ardent supporter of the anti comp GM campaign. Also in the minds of
>many, he holds sway over the minds of the uneducated bretheren of chess. We
>fight for the release of those minds :).
It was played over g/60, which is not quite the same thing as 40/2. But in any
case, that new Junior running on a quad Xeon 500 is probably playing at GM
level. It's as smart a program as they come, and at that speed, it will be tough
as nails. Remember though, that Bob is the one who set the standard for SMP
programs.
Albert Silver
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