Author: Ralf Elvsén
Date: 05:17:29 05/01/01
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On April 30, 2001 at 07:57:57, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >Well, what should I say without conjuring up a storm of other meanings. In my >life I have already played about 450 games [no blitz, rapid 60', 40/40' or >40/120'] without using any anticomputer strategy and even nowadays I (only ELO >1993) get about 30-35 % percent against the fast monsters. So it is always hard >to see and to believe for me that grandmasters seem to have difficulty in >beatening the top programs. There is only one explanation: the top players are >using a too sharp style and of course they always want to win and for that >purpose are willing to risk too much. My experience show that this leads in most >cases to the contrary. By the way, see my shortly commented game in the CCC >against Gambit_Tiger2. Above all I would estimate that the best programs have an >ELO rating of not more than 2500. >Kurt I think their performance rating depends on the opposition. As you say, against strong humans playing their usual chess, they perform very well. Against players like you they don't do nearly as well (rating wise). I think a player with (say) a rating of 2200 who knows a program, can easily get near 50% with draw seeking chess. Ralf
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