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Subject: Re: Hubner - Fritz: 3-3 is really disappointing !

Author: odell hall

Date: 12:29:51 07/23/01

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On July 23, 2001 at 15:23:33, Mark Young wrote:

>On July 23, 2001 at 14:37:15, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On July 23, 2001 at 07:20:01, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>I am back after summer holiday - no internet access in almost 5 weeks. Can You
>>>equal this?
>>>
>>>I found this result from Chessbase side and I am really disappointed for Fritz
>>>performance with 2*1000Mhz. This program hasn't any chance against 2800 Kramnik.
>>>Can they cancel match may be as uninteresting? Or change to Chess Tiger 14...
>>
>>3:3 result against one of the best players in the world is nothing short of
>>phenomenal.  The program did better than I expected.
>>
>>The new match will be on 4x more powerful hardware, adding about 100 ELO.
>>
>>I don't think any result is cast in stone yet.
>>
>>I expect Kramnik to win, but any tiny slip could change that.
>
>I do think computers are GM Level, but I think and history has shown this with
>world champions playing matches with players below the top 25, that the match
>may be a mismatch. I think GM Kramnik will crush Fritz, but I think this is to
>be expected. Unless computers are even stronger then the data would predict.
>
>I predict a 7.5 - 2.5 score in favor of GM Kramnik, or maybe 6.5-3.5 if GM
>Kramnik wants to coast. No matter how you look at it, I don't see Fritz winning
>or drawing this match. GM Kramnik is too strong for today's computers.


  You may be Wrong here Mark, Remember Deep Jr. on a 8 processor machine, had a
performance rating of 2755 beating number 5 in the world Peter Leko, this is a
lot stronger program then Deep Junior, and no one knows what type of opening
book is prepared for kramnik, i still believe kramnik will win, but I don't
think it will be a crush.



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