Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:02:20 04/27/01
I believe that it will be more interesting to get games of chess programs in correspondence tournament instead of getting games of chess programs against the world. you can get information about ICCF tournament at http://www.iccf.com It will be interesting if chess programs can win the email tournament inspite of the fact that the opponents can use computers because of the important advantage of having more time. The opponents usually have only one computer and do not use different computers against different oponents so if we find enough volunteers to use chess programs then they have chances to win the tournament. In the email ournament it is possible to get average of more than 144 hours per move against every opponent(I say more than 144 hours per move because pondering is possible). In the postal tournament (not by email) it is possible to get an average of more than 72 hours per move and we only need enough volunteers to do it with good hardware. I guess that winning the second tournament is more easy because people who do not use email often also do not use computers. What is your guess for the rating of this monster when Deep Fritz or Deep Junior on a dual or quad is used(it should also calculate when it is in book in order to check if the book does not contain errors and play book moves only if the score of the best book move is not significantly lower than the score of the root position) My guess is that it can get an ICCF rating of 2600. Uri
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