Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 16:31:43 02/17/02
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On February 17, 2002 at 18:31:13, James T. Walker wrote: >On February 16, 2002 at 14:14:56, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: > >>On February 16, 2002 at 00:44:44, Jose Menendez wrote: >> >>>Besides myself does anyone think Century will win? >>>I am not the strongest Chess player in the World but my impression of century 4 >>>on my 1 gig machine is that it plays about 2650 Chess. I believe it is stronger >>>then both fritz and tiger vs humans, also century is much less known then fritz, >>>it is unlikely that many of the top players has any real experience playing it. >>>I perdect 2 and half to 1 and a half in favor of Century4. I wonder if a Win for >>>Century will convince the die hard skeptics that Computers are now Grandmasters, >>>or will a program have to beat the world champion in a match to even be >>>considered 2500? With all the recent accomplishments against humans being >>>ignored , i bet this will be a requirment. >>This Dutch grandmaster is weak for a program like Centuary 4.He will probably >>draw 2 games and lose 2.Kasparov would have been a better opponent. > >Where do you get your information???? >From the Rebel web site: > >"The match will be a confrontation between the best Dutch player and the >smartest Dutch program. Loek van Wely is champion of the Netherlands, European >team champion and top twenty player. He humiliated Fritz SSS in Rotterdam 2000." Is this on the Rebel site? I really can't remember this sentence? Ed >You have to walk before you can run. Most of the Chess World is still trying to >prove that Chess programs on PC's are at GM strength. I believe this has been >established already. But a match vs a top 20 player is a big step beyond an >ordinary GM rated say 2500-2550. A 3-1 win vs this guy would be a very big >step.
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