Author: Mark Young
Date: 11:32:18 12/14/01
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On December 14, 2001 at 14:16:36, Dann Corbit wrote: >On December 14, 2001 at 14:00:11, Mark Young wrote: > >>On December 14, 2001 at 13:08:17, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>If you look a Zhu Chen FIDE rating of 2497 and her open style of play, some of >>>you don't have any doubts in your mind that if a match of 5 games evedr take >>>place, using the new FIDE Standard time control of 90 Min, the new Female FIDE >>>Champion would NOT have a Chance against any of these three Programs Fritz 7 >>>Deep Junior 7 or Gambit Tiger on a single processor. I might be the only one who >>>believe that Zhu Chen could still manage to beat the three best current >>>programs. >> >>1. The strongest proven program against humans (IMO) is ChessTiger 14. I do not >>think on a single CPU Fritz 7 would be much better then Tiger against humans. >> >>2. I don't think Zhu Chen would have much chance in winning over ChessTiger 14 >>in a 5 game match with the new Fide time control. >> >>2a. That is suggesting that the match conditions would be fair for the computer, >>and a fast 1 CPU computer is used. >> >>It has been clear to me for some time that the current programs play at a very >>high GM level. Meaning that they would rank in the top 100 of the best Chess >>players in the world if they could be Fide Rated. > >With the conditions stated elsewhere, I think probably all of them would beat >her. The only program I feel that has a chance to lose is GambitTiger 2.0. This program can play over the top sometimes and lose in the endgame against good chess players. I know people like GambitTiger 2.0 style of play, but it does come with some risk in a short 5 game match. > >1. Her ELO is less than 2500. Rebel (for instance) has shown some prowess in >this area with similar matches, as has Junior and Tiger. >2. The time control is *definitely* in favor of the computer. The higher the >speed, the more the computer is favored. >3. An open style or a tactical style is the worst sort against a computer. >Someone who is a slow, positional player and *especially* someone who uses long >pawn chains and develops slowly will be a far greater challenge for a machine. > >On the other hand... >A. Give her the exact program to be used. >B. Give her an identical machine and the exact configuration to be used. >C. Increase the time control to 40/2. >And then I am very sure she would win. > >So, the answer is (IMO) all of them would beat her and none of them would beat >her.
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