Author: blass uri
Date: 10:15:27 02/14/00
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On February 14, 2000 at 11:33:20, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On February 14, 2000 at 10:49:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 14, 2000 at 09:49:53, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2000 at 23:05:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On February 13, 2000 at 20:57:12, Bradley Woodward wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 13, 2000 at 17:48:35, John Kilkenny wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 :). >>>>> >>>>>I just had a look at the 'best c' list on ICC. That's the list that shows the >>>>>top 20 human and computer players. Out of the 20 in the blitz list, only three >>>>>are computers. This is a big difference from a while ago. Ferret plows in at >>>>>#2, throwing my otherwards cool point into a spin. But you get that. >>>> >>>> >>>>I believe that had ferret been active over the past few months, its rating >>>>would have dropped significantly as well. I think it might be the best thing >>>>on ICC, but there are a lot of new players there, using faster and faster >>>>hardware, with strong programs. None of us are +400 over the commercial >>>>programs, even with a fairly significant hardware advantage. This 'advantage' >>>>is almost gone now, with the super-G lonnies has actually being faster than my >>>>quad xeon by 30% (factoring in SMP overhead). >>> >>>Seems to me that GMs are winning back some ground. There was a time computers >>>nearly "owned" blitz. Computers have gone a good deal faster/stronger since >>>then, but and still only 3 C's in the top 20 Blitz? In a while there will be no >>>C at all :-) And that's Blitz... >>> >>> >> >> >> >>Shhh... do you want the 'computers are unbeatable GM players' group on your >>case too? :) > >Wouldn't bother me at all :) > >But I've SEEN things they people wouldn't believe... (from "The bladerunner") > >But seriously I have seen a GM tear a fast Crafty completely apart in a 5 0 game >which was *extremely* tactical. Hanging pieces everywhere, both kings unsafe and >the GM came out winning. Unbelievable. How in the world can they oversee such a >battlefield in 1 second...? If they can do *that* in a 5 0 game... Maybe it was an home preperation when the GM saw everything before the game. It is also possible that the GM was lucky and the moves that he guessed to be the best were really the best moves. Everything can happen in one game and I will not be surprised if a GM wins one tactical game at 1/0 time control against crafty. The question is about a match of many games Uri
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