Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:29:01 05/13/01
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On May 13, 2001 at 06:55:49, Sune Larsson wrote: >On May 13, 2001 at 02:48:09, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Yesterday there was a hot discussion abouth the strenght of chess computers. I >>said that no program has more than 2500 ELO and that "weaker" players can fight >>with good chances to draw and that I could not understand why the GM's do so >>hard against the computers. On the other hand I tried to find some explanation >>for that. Below now my last ten games, four times a loss and six times a draw, >>that means a score of 30 percent. >> >>ChessBase7 says: >> >>Average rating Utzinger = 1978 ELO (performance = 2341 ELO) >>Average rating computers = 2490 ELO (performance = 2127 ELO) > >>snip > >Hello Kurt, > >thanks for your games! I found them very interesting and very well worth >a closer look. Some reflections: > >I think you're showing a solid play that actually lies a couple of hundred >points above your present rating. Furthermore 40 moves in 40' is 3 times >faster than traditional tournament level. From my own experience I know >that it's sometimes very hard to hold your game together in the last 10-15 >moves before the first time control. The programs punish you for every >slight mistake! You show a nice opening knowledge with positional play as >white and a preference for putting your pawns on the white squares as black - >Caro Kann-French-Dutch. Overall you have a good positional understanding, >therebye neutralizing tactical attempts from the programs. The endgame looks >okey and you're familiar with the famous art of doing nothing...;) > >Alltogether this gives me the impression of a player worth more than ELO 1978. >Unless your tactics sucks bigtime of course...;) Haven't seen anything of that >in these 10 games though. > >In some games I noticed a tendency for you to swap pieces /after good openings/, >in an attempt to reduce the pressure /and possibly out of respect for the >opponent/, which in fact created problems for you. > >It's hard to evaluate the strength of chess programs, according to human >formulas, since they can alter between 1700-2700, depending on the actual >position on the board. All the comp-comp testing might also contribute >to the development of a certain kind of computer playing style. For me, that >makes the experiments of CS Tal, Crafty, Rebel and Gambit Tiger particularly >interesting, since they also /or mostly?!/ focus on human opponents. > >Sune Hello Sune Very well commented. Unfortunately it is hardly possible to win for a player of my strength against the best programs at time control 40/40'. For me it is always a good training to play such matches. And it must also be mentioned that there are two programs that only by way of exception allow me to draw: These two are: Hiarcs732 and MChessPro. Regards Kurt
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