Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:40:35 01/13/01
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On January 12, 2001 at 23:53:57, Tania Devora wrote: >On January 12, 2001 at 17:45:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 12, 2001 at 12:12:18, Tania Devora wrote: >> >>>On January 12, 2001 at 10:02:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 12, 2001 at 00:41:33, Garry Evans wrote: >>>> >>>>> A short while ago, i asked you on ICC, would you acknowledge that computers are >>>>>of Grandmaster Strength if Rebel Won the Match against Van der Wiel, your answer >>>>>Was yes!! So would you please honour this agreement and acknowledge here in >>>>>Public that computers are GM Strength? >>>> >>>> >>>>2-3 years ago my estimate was that the programs were at about 2400-2450 on >>>>the FIDE Elo level. I would probably change that to barely 2500 for today's >>>>much-faster hardware. I wouldn't begin to suggest they are beyond 2500 >>>>yet, however. They _still_ have a lot of weaknesses. >>> >>>If the programs have a lot of waaknesesses why these programs win against GM´s? >>> >>>I am sure that todays programs in a faster computer play at GM level under >>>tournament time. Possible 2550-2600 elo. >>> >>>Tanya,D. >> >> >>Why did the old 427 DOHC ford engine win a Daytona and _then_ fall apart? >>In the next race it would fall apart before it could win. This happens. >> >>Forget the 2600 Elo... > > >But too, it could win the race again..... > >The computer programs can play at 2600-2650 elo, if the oponents do not knows >that the oponent is a computer program, >See Allwermann, He won in the German tournament...He won against two GM´s using >Fritz5.32 on a single Pentium II 450 Mhz..and anybody know that he was using the >strong Fritz program. > >Tanya. I don't see the point. _I_ would do better against a GM if he didn't know he wasn't playing another GM. There is also the issue of using a program but using your own personal judgement to override it when it makes an outrageous move. And all programs will make such moves from time to time.
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