Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 13:08:57 02/16/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 14:46:20, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On February 16, 2000 at 13:17:40, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 16, 2000 at 07:38:11, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >> >>>On February 16, 2000 at 02:51:43, Tony Werten wrote: >>> >>>>It tells the amazing story that DB jr was able to beat a 1895 ELO player and >>>>could draw against a 2395 player. >>>> >>>>Tony >>>Not only that,it also tells that DB jr was able to beat an IM, N.Stanec, >>>rated 2463,and defeat also another player,I.Balinov,rated 2450.Recently people >>>were writing here that DB jr is a weak player,below 2200,1 sec./move.This >>>report shows that DB jr is stronger,maybe much stronger than people thought. >>>Most likely there are many versions of DB jr. JAFM >> >> >>The only question is "Is this the 1 sec/move DB Jr, or is this the _real_ DB >>Jr?" I suspect the web-based version, since Hsu has left IBM. But I am not >>certain of anything... > > Looking at the results, I guess it is the "real" DB Junior (and these games are >from 1998, I do not know if Hsu had already left IBM by then). > >Moser (2159) 0-1 DB Jr >DB Jr 1-0 IM Stanec (2463) >FM Sommerbauer (2396) ½-½ DB Jr >Kauzky (1895) 0-1 DB Jr >Balinov (2450) 0-1 DB Jr > > I do not know if the ratings are FIDE or Austrian (I think they are Austrian, >the 1895 looks way too low to be FIDE). I do not know if the time control is >mentioned somewhere. > Anyway, it scored 4.5 out of five points against a field with an average rating >of 2273 (playing black if four of the five games). It seems unlikely that the >web-based DB Jr would perform that well even at fast time controls. >José. > >P.S. If there is interest I can produce a pgn file for those games. This is not new ,i remember that i posted these games last year ! Pierre
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