Author: Roger Kyte
Date: 17:09:38 05/13/00
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On May 13, 2000 at 19:51:18, Jorge Pichard wrote: >I remember 13 years ago when the top program Mchess was reaching Master level >close to 2200 Elo by USCF and I also remember a statement from Larry Kaufman >saying that it will take at least a good 15 years for a P.C. program to reach >GM level at the rate of Processors speed doubling every years, at that time the >top Processor was a mere 80286 operating at 12 Mhz at the most. I Thought at >that time that Kasparov if he was still Champion will defeat very easy a P.C. >in game in 30 minutes per side. But now that the time has arrived I realize that >any of the top three P.C. Programs with any processor higher than 800 >Mhz can beat Kasparov in game in 30 minutes per side. Do you have any proof of this 30 min statement ?? >PS: Since piket just recently beat Kasparov in the Grand Prix not to long ago, >and Fritz SSS drew Piket at the Dutch Tournamwent, I can almost presume that in >game in 60 minutes per side, Fritz SSS or any other top three Programs can beat >Kasparov in a mini match of 7 games using the latest Processor. Presumptions are just that. Tangible proof is better. Perhaps this Deep Junior thing with the 8 xeons will shed some more light on the phenomenon.
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