Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 16:03:23 08/06/00
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On August 06, 2000 at 06:01:21, blass uri wrote: >On August 06, 2000 at 05:29:33, Adrien Regimbald wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>>Agreed, but certainly it will sell copies of Deep Junior, which is clearly what >>>is intended by these statements. For I can't figure out any other possible >>>explanation for the claims I see. I mean, clearly 50% against some of worlds >>>best is not as good as +3 against the World Champion. There is NO possible >> >> >>I think that being able to beat so called "Anti computer chess experts" >>regularly would be a much more tremendous feat. I would rather see a program >>which could perform at a "legitimate master level" than one that gets an overall >>performance rating of 2700 or so against the cream of the crop. By this I mean >>that the computer wouldn't fall into draws with players rated at 1200 (yes, I've >>seen some players rated that low manage to hold some of the best computer >>programs around to draws, and not by any cheap opening trick either, just by >>steering the game into certain types of positions) > >1200? > >The lowest rating in Israel is 1300 so there are no players with 1200 and the >Israeli rating is similiar to the fide rating. > >If I use chessmaster personalities to see the meaning of 1200 then I can see >that 1200 players do a lot of tactical mistakes and has no chance against the >top programs. Taking advantage of tactical mistakes doesn't always mean that you win the game. Even if you're a rook up, a hopelessly blocked position will result in a draw. I've seen weak players draw computers. Ratings don't really play a role in these games. -Tom
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