Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:58:26 06/19/01
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On June 18, 2001 at 17:45:10, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >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 ? ;) Nope. They just had a national program to foster chess grandmasters. Most other countries (USA included) did not (do not).
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