Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 09:16:57 07/23/01
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On July 23, 2001 at 10:13:29, Janosch Zwerensky wrote: >The top programs have consistently had performance ratings better than elo 2500, >and in many cases indeed even better than elo 2600, where they competed against >humans in the last two years. >I am not aware of any 2400 rated human player to whom something similar would >apply. Several 2400 players have done so. Otherwise they wouldn't be Grandmasters by now :-). Kidding aside, I think you make the mistake of equating humans with computer programs and disregard the meager frequency of human/program encounters. IMO any 2400 rated player has a vastly superior understanding of the game compared to a computer program. Something that probably wouldn't help him/her as much against a higher rated player. And a computer program has tactical strengths capable of defeating any player. A weaponry very few 2400 rated players have. So the question is if the understanding of chess posessed by an IM is sufficient to devise a strategy capable of harnessing the tactical abilities of a computer program sufficiently. I still think that it's possible. Regards, Mogens
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