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Subject: Re: GMs and Puters at ICC

Author: James

Date: 07:20:55 05/06/00

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On May 06, 2000 at 07:36:56, Karpov wrote:

>On May 05, 2000 at 08:20:50, James wrote:
>
>>    There are no GMs with a winning record against any computer rated over 2700
>>at ICC, and probably none against puters rated over 2400 {that I have been able
>>to find anyway}. They do not play against computers often for that very reason
>>:)
>
>
>GMS on ICC play blitz, so computers have obvious advantages. Computers can do
>hundreds of moves even in just few seconds. They have huge opening book and end
>game tables, and GMs blunder in time trouble. Otherwise, computers are
>pathetically weak, as Israeli league showed where even low rated humans drew and
>beat computers.
    There seems to be a mild lack of logic in this response. Firstly, GMs that
play puters there are rare; Secondly, were they to get into time trouble as an
excuse for losing, why the afinity for 3/0 games and don't play any longer
ones?; Thirdly not all puters at ICC are automatic nor do they all have
egtbs{those don't get played much either}; Finally; the Israeli league has shown
no one anything pertaining to active puters running at ICC {what did they beat?
... 1350 rated microprocessors?}



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