Author: Imran Hendley
Date: 19:25:43 08/04/00
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On August 04, 2000 at 22:01:43, Derrick Wilson wrote: >On August 04, 2000 at 21:21:42, Laurence Chen wrote: > >><snip> >>> I don't believe this list for a second!! Consider this, on a pent 200 the list >>>states that hiarcs6 is only 2417, yet the same program on that hardware defeated >>>2495 dean hergott in a six game match!! >>Yes, Dean Hergott at the time did not have a copy of Hiarcs to play and practice >>with. Also computers chess at the time was not taken as seriously as it now. >>The other explanation is that Dean Hergott was not aware of any anti-computer >>strategy, or, he played he's usual style because he did not believe that the >>computer was a serious threat. Result he lost to Hiarcs 6 on a Pentium 200. If >>you look at the games, the games were not closed, locked up positions, no >>anti-computer strategy was used. >>Laurence > > >Yawn....excuses, excuses, excuses... if my grandma had wings she could fly. If i >could play better chess I could beat Garry kasparov. There's no law that says someone can't defeat an opponent rated 78 points higher in a 6 game match. Six games isn't a lot, and the margin isn't all that big. It happens. I don't think this one match is reason enough to say the SSDF should not have lowered their ratings. You gotta see the big picture.
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