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Subject: Re: Do Most Commerical Programs Play Master Level Chess at 5sec per move?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 22:46:17 05/19/00

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On May 20, 2000 at 00:03:10, Jerry Adams wrote:

>On May 19, 2000 at 23:43:50, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>On May 19, 2000 at 23:06:26, Jerry Adams wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  Hi
>>>
>>>  I'm just looking for some opinions, I think the Question is interesting.  What
>>>I am asking is can a program beat a 2200 rated master if the master is allowed 2
>>>hours for 40 moves and the program 5 sec a move. Lets Assume the hardware is
>>>what ssdf uses  AMD K62 450.
>>
>>
>>I'd expect the 2200 player to win pretty handily.
>>
>>My guess is it would get interesting at around 20-25 seconds a move.
>>
>>--Peter
>
>
> My opinion is that the computer would win, I base this on the fact that I have
>seen fritz and other programs solve very complex tactical problems in a few
>seconds, which says they don't miss much even with seconds to think. Also during
>the era of the 486, computers were beating masters on that hardware, at 5 sec a
>move a k6-450 is playing about the same as a 486 at 40/2? Am I wrong?


5 secs/move on a 450 is something like 40/2 on a 12.5 MHz machine.

I'm just a 2100 player, and I'd expect to win under these conditions.  Just my
opinion, but it's based on my own results against various programs through the
years.


--Peter



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