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Subject: Re: Computer Chess History, did you know.......

Author: Andreas Herrmann

Date: 11:17:04 07/05/01

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On July 05, 2001 at 10:17:12, Albert Silver wrote:

>On July 05, 2001 at 07:19:24, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
>
>>On July 04, 2001 at 09:35:13, John Wentworth wrote:
>>>
>>>In 1994 Kasparov lost to FRITZ3 in Munich in a blitz tournament. The program
>>>also defeated Anand, Short, Gelfand, and Kramnik. Grandmaster Robert Huebner
>>>refused to play it and lost on forfeit, the first time a GM has forfeited to
>>>a computer. Although Kasparov lost to FRITZ3, he and FRITZ3 came equal first
>>>in the tournament. In a playoff to determine the winner, Kasparov beat
>>>FRITZ3, 3 games to 1. There where 17 grandmaster in the tournament.
>>>
>>>The highest rated computer in the world is DEEP BLUE, rated 2705.
>>
>>I miss the following point:
>>In 2000 It was the first time that a computer (P.ConNers) won a chess tournament
>>of category 11. P.ConNers reached an tournament ELO of 2657.
>>
>
>Yes, though it is massively SMP if I'm not mistaken. Tiger's performance in
>Argentina, running on an easily available single-CPU unit, may well be
>considered a first as well. Though it's not the first time a program
>participates in a master-norm round-robin. That title goes to Mephisto if I'm
>not mistaken.
>
>                                          Albert

Yes, but never before a Computer wins a tournament of category 11.

Andreas


>
>
>>Look to this link:
>>http://people.freenet.de/lsvturm/gm2000.htm
>>
>>Andreas



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