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Subject: Re: Game in 30 Min per side Fritz SSS would have won against Van Wely

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 15:23:44 05/14/00

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On May 14, 2000 at 18:08:02, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On May 14, 2000 at 16:32:16, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On May 14, 2000 at 13:22:19, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>I know that any top GM like Van Wely can pratice against the commercial Fritz 6a
>>>program and eventually learn how to squeeze the  positional disadvantages of any
>>>top commercial programs, but this eventually take time and deep calculations.
>>>After watching the latest game between Van Wely vs Fritz SSS, I am
>>>more convinced that even with the clear advantage that Van Wely obtained, if
>>>this would have been game in 30 minutes per side and the program is set not to
>>>resign unless it is losing by minus 9 points, it is clear that Fritz SSS or any
>>>other of the top three programs giving this position can hold until the time of
>>>30 minutes has passed by the human player, therefore, losing a won game. the
>>>reason behind this, is that just to reach this position it would take at least
>>>20 minutes, and again that is if the program does not have this opening.
>>
>>Which is why Anand beat Fritz last year in a 4-game G/25 match?
>>
>>Be realistic. Van Wely had at least a +6 advantage in that final position. I'll
>>wager he could win it even if he had only 5 minutes left on his clock.
>>
>>James
>
>Think about it, in game in 30 minutes per side Van Wely would have never reached
>this position, in reality  it took him a little bit over 2 hour.
>Plus you can never compare Anand to Van Wely playing against computer. Anand is
>the only player that I can think of who can still beat a computer using the
>latest hardware in game less than 30 minutes per side.



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