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

Author: Jerry Adams

Date: 22:59:22 05/19/00

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On May 20, 2000 at 01:46:17, Peter Kappler wrote:

>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


 Just 2100 ??? LOL  I wish I were 2100!



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