Author: Otello Gnaramori
Date: 14:45:10 06/18/01
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On June 18, 2001 at 17:28:55, Mark Young wrote: >I. Below is the 11 top countries with the most GM's > >II. In the Top 11 countries the one with the highest GM average is Ukraine > at 2545.30 Elo with 37 GM's > >III. In the Top 11 countries the one with the lowest GM average is > Yugoslavia at 2479.46 with 41 GM's > > >I think it is important to understand what it means to be an average Grandmaster >when discussing what we mean by GM strength for computers. Some in this forum >seem to insist that computers must perform like the Elite Grandmaster’s. Before >anyone considers them to be playing at Grandmaster strength. > >This shows a lack of understanding in what a normal Grandmaster is, and what the >true strength of a normal or average grandmaster is, and their abilities, and >Elo status. > >Titles Country GM Average rating GM IM Average rating IM >1 Russia 119 2545.28 304 2415.07 >2 Germany 49 2509.14 146 2401.75 >3 United States 48 2507.50 79 2408.19 >4 Yugoslavia 41 2479.46 94 2383.39 >5 Ukraine 37 2545.30 116 2422.35 >6 England 33 2523.91 42 2381.86 >7 Israel 32 2535.63 31 2404.19 >8 Hungary 28 2491.89 91 2372.02 >9 France 22 2539.36 43 2386.12 >10 Bulgaria 20 2499.35 44 2366.89 >11 Spain 18 2486.28 46 2406.15 I agree with you Mark, and I think that many of those "GM" should be easily beaten in tournament time by the strongest chess programs like Fritz or Tiger . A question for everybody : is the russian the most intelligent race on planet earth or there are other possible answers ? ;)
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