Author: stuart taylor
Date: 00:17:03 08/13/00
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On August 12, 2000 at 22:42:31, Chessfun wrote: >On August 12, 2000 at 21:41:58, stuart taylor wrote: > >>Are you quite sure about your elo 1365? >>I'm unrated, but certainly over 2000, and I get nowhere with my Hiarcs 7.0. > > >I don't mean to question your rating. But it is rare to find someone >who has never been rated, (unrated) that will play immediately at 2000. >Just my opinion. > It sounds like you ARE questioning. "Unrated", means nothing as to ones playing level. And I've done many tests, and have been in chess for quite some time. If I went all-out to beat a computer in tournament timings, I have succeeded on a rare occasion (in winning),doing almost like that. I did with Hiarcs 6. and genius 2 was altogether easier. According to many tests(and I think they are often unfair, e.g. "how good is your chess" by Danny King, where he doesn't give points for many good moves, simoly because he didn't think about it) I get close to master level on average. Except in opening knowledge. > >>Mind you, I only play very risky, speculatively, and tactically. Also, quickly >>and very casually. But still, I can't understand your result and rating. >> Against a human GM it always might be possible the GM could have let himself >>be checkmated. But a machine doesn't make those mistakes. > > >It is very rare for a GM to ever be checkmated. Especially at tourney time >controls. >Perhaps it's more likely for him to slip up and allow a sudden checkmate or loss of material, against a weak player, than to actually be outplayed. And GMs are human too. I'm sure that even Kasparov has on occasion lost his queen or allowed checkmate, when playing with a computer whilst falling asleep, or when in a very bad or disturbed mood. > >> But I also don't know how Hiarcs can be rated at only 2099 at tournament >>timing. > > >It isn't. It it's GUI you can lower it's strength settings. In this >case I assume it was lowered to 2099. > > >Thanks. > > >>S.Taylor
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