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Subject: Re: Once again Dr. Hyatt is right on--He is a dispassionate observer.

Author: Chessfun

Date: 21:28:24 10/04/00

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On October 05, 2000 at 00:01:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 04, 2000 at 17:07:28, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On October 04, 2000 at 16:28:22, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 04, 2000 at 10:21:13, Chessfun wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 04, 2000 at 10:15:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 04, 2000 at 01:45:57, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 04, 2000 at 00:35:34, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 20:46:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Err.. exactly _what_ program won't kick a GM at blitz?  I have seen GNU do it.
>>>>>>>>I have seen everybody else do it too...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This is hardly a distinguishing event.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dr. Hyatt,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You are correct.  One game does not mean much.  Gambit Tiger made it look so
>>>>>>>easy though and Mecking made some decent moves.  We will see how good this
>>>>>>>program is within the next six months.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The audience that will be buying these type of programs will be most amused by
>>>>>>>the style of play of Gambit Tiger.  I am certain that you would enjoy it too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tim Frohlick
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry, but for me you both miss the point.
>>>>>>The game is of interest not because this is a GM,
>>>>>>but who this GM is. It would be of interest to me
>>>>>>and others I'm sure regardless of the program or the result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>Sarah.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>So that game is more interesting than watching Shirov get smashed over and over
>>>>>on ICC?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Personally for me...yes.
>>>>Mecking IMO is equal to seeing games of Karpov or Kasparov
>>>>against computers. While I don't disagree that most programs
>>>>would smash GM's at these time controls.....there are some GM's
>>>>that have a certain legend to them. Mecking is IMO one Shirov is not.
>>>>
>>>>Sarah.
>>>
>>>
>>>We have a difference of opinion then.  I consider Shirov _far_ stronger against
>>>programs.
>>
>>
>>I would say there are many GM's stronger than Mecking
>>at both OTB and against computers, but again that wasn't my point.
>>
>>Sarah.


>Mine neither.  Simply that a program beating a single GM (and an old one at
>that) in one game is _not_ news.

Who said it _was_ news. Is everything that's posted news.

And it may simply be an old GM to you.
But to myself and many others it's not that simple.
This was Mecking.!!

>Programs beat the best in the world at blitz
>all the time. ho hum is the usual response to winning a blitz game today.

As you have already now said, three times.
I thought I had already agreed to that two posts ago.

Sarah.








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