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

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 01:29:16 05/20/00

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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

I never tried this with standard time controls, but I tried it with radically
shortened thinking times in blitz games.

For several months I ran Ferret on a P5/133 at maybe 1/4 second per move, with
no pondering.  It played only rated 5 0 blitz and had a pretty good record
against IM's on ICC, with an average rating of perhaps 2300 and a peak of over
2500.

One thing is that when you move so fast, you put tremendous pressure on your
opponent.

I think these programs would crush a master at 20 seconds per move.

bruce



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