Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:41:20 01/07/98
Go up one level in this thread
On January 07, 1998 at 06:24:02, Amir Ban wrote: >On January 06, 1998 at 20:10:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>This I don't follow. What micro has beaten a GM in 40/2? In a match >>of 40/2? What micro has beaten as many GM's as DB in anything >>(excepting >>blitz, where most micros do ok at times)... >> > >Are you joking ? This is happening all the time nowadays. I didn't >count, but I think the most numbers of computer wins over GM's at full >time come from Aegon. There's also Rebel-Yusupov, and I think I remember >at least one time with Fritz (Glek ?). My own contribution is Gofshtein >(1994) and Kossashvili (1996). There are only several GM-computer games >played each year, but the computers have decent percentages, which is >not surprising since they are playing at the strong-IM/GM level >nowadays. 1. Last time I looked, Aegon wasn't full tournament time control. It was faster. 2. computers are not yet at strong IGM level in tournament chess. In blitz, yes. 40/2? Nope. > >Matches ? There weren't any. OK, there was Rebel-Yusupov, and >Junior-J.Polgar (which I lost). These things don't happen because >there's no money. The truth is that there was only one company that >would put up a million dollars to drag the world champion to its back >yard, and even it lost interest now. I know from experience that even a >few thousand dollars is next to impossible to get. We are trying to >organize a Polgar rematch without success for two years, and there are >plans to organize a Junior-Alterman match which proceed smoothly until >money is discussed. there have been other micro matches. With disastrous results. There have been DB matches with predicted results. The two aren't close. > >Most GM wins at non-blitz ? I have eight: Gofshtein, Bikhovsky, Har-Zvi >(twice), Liss, Finkel, J.Polgar, Kossashvili, plus a few draws including >Yudasin. > >Amir what time controls? I beat Walter Browne in a (roughly) 30 second per move match. 5 computers beat 5 GM's a year ago in a game/30 tournament. But those are *not* tournament time controls. I can post perhaps a *hundred* wins against GM's at non-blitz. But I can also post several hundred losses. :) But the problems are: (1) they are still "skittles"-type games with no prizes or anything; (2) they are *not* 40/2... many are game/30, some are of the form 30/30 (30 mins + 30 sec increment) and so forth. But I'm smart enough to know that crafty is *not* a gm-level player. That's wishful thinking... The best GM's are still *very* difficult, even at blitz. Much less "standard" time controls...
This page took 0.01 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.