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Subject: Re: Tomorrow DJ and P. ConNers what is at stake?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 14:31:45 07/15/00

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On July 15, 2000 at 17:25:00, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 15, 2000 at 17:19:20, Chris Carson wrote:
>
>>This last week has been the most exciting chess week since
>>the 97 DB-KK match.  Tomorrow should be a great day for P. ConNers
>>and DJ, win - lose - draw.  :)
>>
>>DJ and P. ConNers have both played well enough to get GM norms
>>(if FIDE actually gave them to programs/hardware).  Both DJ and
>>P. ConNers will get TPR's higher than 2600, perhaps even higher
>>than 2700 (2702 if DJ wins and 2703 if P. ConNers wins).  Both are
>>within .5 points of beating 96 DB.  This should be a very exciting
>>day.
>>
>>Here are the TPR's for all 2600 or near 2600 performances:
>>
>>Date	Event	Program	        HW	TPR	Opp Avg	+ = - Tot
>>May-97	Match	IBM DBII	Spec	2862	2795	2 3 1	6
>>Jul-00	Lipps	P. ConNers	32x-300	2681	2521	6 2 2	8
>
>The 6 wins are pretty astonishing.
>
>>Jul-00	Dort	DJ 6	        8x-500	2647	2697	1 5 2	8
>>Feb-96	Match	IBM DB	        Spec	2642	2775	1 2 3	6
>>Dec-98	4th Cop	Hiarcs 6	P2-350	2611	2268	6 1 0	7
>>Nov-97	3rd Cop	Reb 9	        P-225	2599	2249	7 1 0	8
>>May-00	Dutch	Fritz6/SSS	4x-500	2595	2551	3 4 2	9
>>
>>Most remarkeble!  Top 100 GM strength performance and perhaps higher!
>>
>>The authors of DJ and P. ConNers have made significant strides in
>>improving the programs to get the most out of the hardware.
>>I will give a full report after the games tomorrow.  :)
>
>In order for the 2600 TPR to count towards a GM norm, the contest must be of a
>high enough category.  I know that Dortmund clearly is.  Is Lipps a high enough
>calibre tournament to count towards a TPR?


Yes, it's a category 11 tournament with several GMs.   Plenty strong.

I saw in another post that PConners has already achieved the required score for
a GM norm.

--Peter





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