Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 22:37:58 09/07/01
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On September 08, 2001 at 00:32:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >There are several that know the machines pretty well. Roman certainly comes >to mind. Julio Kaplan is another as he played Cray Blitz a lot of games as he >lived very close to Harry in California. Benjamin comes to mind. Mike Valvo >used to be hell vs computers and could probably beat _any_ computer in a >correspondence-type game (24 hours or more per move). Yasser is another good >example. And I am sure I have forgotten others. Mecking has learned the "how >to draw a computer" strategies pretty well on ICC and uses them to advantage >when the machines will allow it. Shirov also seems to have a good grasp of >how to slowly build up a kingside attack. Sure, but my point is that there are many more GMs that either do not or simply cannot play anti-computer chess. For every Benjamin there are 20 or 50 others who "just play chess". It's not at all unlikely that top programs, playing in competitive tournaments, with adjustments made to their books and programming by their developers, would maintain 2550 or 2600 FIDE, the odd loss to a 2100 notwithstanding. Dave
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