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Subject: Re: Along tired arguement finally dead. Comps are GM strength

Author: Alvaro Rodriguez

Date: 07:11:54 05/16/00

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On May 15, 2000 at 14:55:28, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 15, 2000 at 14:47:05, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>>On May 15, 2000 at 14:36:22, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On May 15, 2000 at 14:30:22, Drazen Marovic wrote:
>>>
>>>>Fritz sss has finally closed the mouths of the neffarious naybobbing naysayers,
>>>>buy holding it's own in a regla 40/2 tournament.
>>>
>>>Not mine.  I don't think we have enough evidence, even now.  I also believe that
>>>at some point, GM's will learn how to play against computers.
>>>
>>>However, I think it is clear that we can safely say, "Some computers with
>>>certain chess programs may be of GM strength."
>>
>>In this case ( Fritz ) IS GM strenght...
>Fritz may have possibly earned a GM norm.  Was the ELO performance for Frigz
>above 2600?  If so, only two more are needed for me to be convinced.

Dann,
     Fritz doesn´t need to be a GM to play at GM strenght.. I´m not sure if the
ELO performance was 2600 or above.
>
>>However, like you say, GM´s will learn how to play against computers, but
>>computer will also learn how to play against GM´s..
>
>Both are difficult.  But I think it is much easier for a GM to learn
>anticomputer strategy than to get computers to think strategically.  However,
>maybe someone like Vincent may be able to pull it off.  Who knows?

Van Wely played a great game with some good anticomputer strategy vs Fritz, that
might be a sign that you´re probably right, we humans learn faster then
computers..

Alvaro



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