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Subject: Re: After......42.....g5

Author: Chessfun

Date: 11:40:12 10/18/00

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On October 18, 2000 at 14:37:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 18, 2000 at 13:31:23, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On October 18, 2000 at 10:21:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>>I will make you a wager.
>>>>Gambit 1.0 will beat any program at the time controls left which
>>>>was roughly 60 mins each side.
>>>
>>>
>>>Better check enrique's post.  You lose before you start.
>>
>>I did as well as some home analysis myself.
>>There are a few ways black slips away with best play.
>>So the wager was a rash offer in hindsight.
>>
>>Sarah.
>
>Here is my take on computer evaluations:  I expect crafty to win all games
>against a GM if the score is (say) 1.5 or higher, and crafty has no more than
>a 1 pawn advantage.  That is 1 pawn + a lot of positional edges.  I would
>expect to draw positions where the score is 1.5 and crafty has two or three
>pawns.  The opponent has a lot of positional compensation.
>
>scores like +2 where it is 2 pawns ahead are hard to measure and could end
>up as wins or draws.

I would tend to agree with that.
It is in fact what I meant just now in the reply
to Enrique's post, without going into specific scores.

Sarah.




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